Twomile Creek (Kanawha River tributary) explained

Twomile Creek
Map:Twomile_Creek_WV_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:County
Subdivision Name3:Kanawha
Length:4.7miles
Source1:Right Fork Twomile Creek
Source1 Location:north-northwest of Elk Hills
Source1 Coordinates:38.4457°N -81.5898°W[1]
Source1 Elevation:973feet[2]
Source1 Length:4.6miles
Source2:Edens Fork
Source2 Location:northwest of Elk Hills
Source2 Coordinates:38.4159°N -81.5951°W[3]
Source2 Elevation:862feet
Source2 Length:2.4miles
Source Confluence Location:southwest of McDunn
Source Confluence Coordinates:38.4137°N -81.6296°W[4]
Source Confluence Elevation:678feet
Mouth:Kanawha River
Mouth Location:Charleston
Mouth Coordinates:38.3707°N -81.6762°W
Mouth Elevation:568feet
Basin Size:24.4sqmi
Tributaries Right:Left Fork Twomile Creek
Custom Label:Hydrologic Unit Code
Custom Data:050500080301 (USGS)

Twomile Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 4.7miles long,[5] in West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 24.4sqmi[6] on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau, in the city of Charleston and its vicinity.

Twomile Creek is formed approximately 1.8miles east-northeast of the unincorporated community of Guthrie by the confluence of the Right Fork Twomile Creek,[1] 4.6miles long,[5] which rises approximately 3.3miles north-northwest of the unincorporated community of Elk Hills, and flows southwestward; and Edens Fork,[1] 2.4miles long,[5] which rises approximately 1.7miles northwest of Elk Hills and flows westward. From the confluence of these forks, Twomile Creek flows westward and southward, through Guthrie, to its mouth at the Kanawha River in the city of Charleston.[7] [8]

The creek is paralleled by county roads for much of its length. At Guthrie, it collects the Left Fork Twomile Creek,[9] 4miles long,[5] which rises approximately 1.9miles north-northwest of Guthrie and flows generally southward.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1545720}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Right Fork Twomile Creek (Feature ID #1545720) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2013-11-23.
  2. [The National Map]
  3. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1538551}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Edens Fork (Feature ID #1538551) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2013-11-23.
  4. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1548436}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Twomile Creek (Feature ID #1548436) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2013-11-23.
  5. Web site: West Virginia, Lower Kanawha Watershed . United States Environmental Protection Agency . United States Environmental Protection Agency . 2013-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223657/http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05050008&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= . dead . 2013-12-02.
  6. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data for Twomile Creek watershed, 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 050500080301. The National Map, retrieved 2013-11-23
  7. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map
  8. Book: West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . 1997 . . Yarmouth, Me. . 0-89933-246-3 . 43.
  9. Web site: [{{Gnis3|1541740}} Geographic Names Information System entry for Left Fork Twomile Creek (Feature ID #1541740) ]. Geographic Names Information System . Geographic Names Information System. 2013-11-24.