Middle Island Creek information

Middle Island Creek
Middle Island Creek
	View downstream from the North Bend Rail Trail in West Union
	A map of Middle Island Creek and its watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of Meathouse Fork and Buckeye Creek
• location	Smithburg, Doddridge County
• coordinates	39°17′04″N 80°43′41″W / 39.28444°N 80.72806°W
• elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Mouth	Ohio River
• location	St. Marys
• coordinates	39°24′09″N 81°12′08″W / 39.40250°N 81.20222°W
• elevation	607 ft (185 m)
Length	77 mi (124 km)
Basin size	565 sq mi (1,460 km2)
Discharge
• location	mouth
• average	844.37 cu ft/s (23.910 m3/s) (estimate)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Meathouse Fork, Nutter Fork, Arnold Creek, Sancho Creek, Gorrell Run, Sugar Creek, McKim Creek
• right	Buckeye Creek, McElroy Creek, Indian Creek, Point Pleasant Creek

Middle Island Creek is a river, 77 miles (124 km) long, in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ohio River, draining an area of 565 square miles (1,463 km²) on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. It was named by late 18th century pioneering travelers on the Ohio River, who noted the location of the Creek's mouth opposite Middle Island in the larger river.^[3]

In an artifact of nomenclature, it is often pointed out that Middle Island Creek is the longest stream in West Virginia bearing the name of "creek".^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Geographic Names Information System entry for Middle Island Creek". Retrieved 2007-01-26.
^ "Geographic Names Information System entry for Meathouse Fork". Retrieved 2007-01-26.
^ ^a ^b Morrison, Scott (March 1997). "Middle Island Creek". Wonderful West Virginia. 61 (1). West Virginia Division of Natural Resources: 14–15.
^ West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. "Watershed Atlas Project". pp. Middle Ohio River watersheds (cited figures are for the sum of the Upper and Lower Middle Island Creek, Arnold Creek, McElroy Creek, and Point Pleasant Creek watersheds). Archived from the original on 2005-04-04. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Middle Island Creek". watersgeo.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
^ Ratliff, Gerald S. "Jug of Middle Island Creek." The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.

[GNIS-1] "Geographic Names Information System entry for Middle Island Creek". Retrieved 2007-01-26.

[GNISm-2] "Geographic Names Information System entry for Meathouse Fork". Retrieved 2007-01-26.

[wwv-3] Morrison, Scott (March 1997). "Middle Island Creek". Wonderful West Virginia. 61 (1). West Virginia Division of Natural Resources: 14–15.

[4] West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. "Watershed Atlas Project". pp. Middle Ohio River watersheds (cited figures are for the sum of the Upper and Lower Middle Island Creek, Arnold Creek, McElroy Creek, and Point Pleasant Creek watersheds). Archived from the original on 2005-04-04. Retrieved 2007-02-26.

[NHDPlus-5] United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Middle Island Creek". watersgeo.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2021-07-03.

[WVenc-6] Ratliff, Gerald S. "Jug of Middle Island Creek." The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.

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