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]