Sugar Creek (Middle Island Creek tributary) explained

Sugar Creek
Map:Sugar_Creek_(Middle_Island_Creek)_map.png
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Size:300
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:West Virginia
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Tyler, Pleasants
Length:15miles
Source1 Location:near Wick, Tyler County
Source1 Coordinates:39.4337°N -80.9579°W[1]
Source1 Elevation:931feet[2]
Mouth:Middle Island Creek
Mouth Location:Sugar Valley, Pleasants County
Mouth Coordinates:39.4195°N -81.0907°W
Mouth Elevation:614feet
Basin Size:22.1sqmi
Custom Label:Hydrologic Unit Code
Custom Data:050302010507 (USGS)

Sugar Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, 15miles long,[3] in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via Middle Island Creek and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 22.1sqmi[4] in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

McKim Creek rises northeast of Wick in southwestern Tyler County and flows generally westward into eastern Pleasants County, through the unincorporated communities of Wick and Meadville in Tyler County and Twiggs in Pleasants County. It flows into Middle Island Creek at the community of Sugar Valley, 10.3miles upstream[5] of Middle Island Creek's confluence with the Ohio River in St. Marys.[6]

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Sugar Creek has also been known historically by the name "Owlshead Run."[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1547633}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Sugar Creek (Feature ID #1547633) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2013-07-16.
  2. [The National Map]
  3. Web site: West Virginia, Little Muskingum-Middle Island Watershed . United States Environmental Protection Agency . United States Environmental Protection Agency . 2013-07-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130715234937/http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05030201&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= . dead . 2013-07-15.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data for Sugar Creek watershed, 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 050302010507. The National Map, retrieved 2013-07-16
  5. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, high-resolution flowline data for Middle Island Creek between the Ohio River and Sugar Creek. The National Map, accessed 2013-07-16
  6. Book: West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . 1997 . . Yarmouth, Me. . 0-89933-246-3 . 23.