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]