Sugar Creek (Middle Island Creek tributary)
| Sugar Creek | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Sugar Creek in Pleasants County | |
_map.png) A map of Sugar Creek and its watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| Counties | Tyler, Pleasants |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | near Wick, Tyler County |
| • coordinates | 39°26′01″N 80°57′28″W / 39.4336887°N 80.9578862°W[1] |
| • elevation | 931 ft (284 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Middle Island Creek |
• location | Sugar Valley, Pleasants County |
• coordinates | 39°25′10″N 81°05′26″W / 39.4195206°N 81.0906666°W[1] |
• elevation | 614 ft (187 m)[1] |
| Length | 15 mi (24 km) |
| Basin size | 22.1 sq mi (57 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Hydrologic Unit Code | 050302010507 (USGS) |
Sugar Creek is a tributary of Middle Island Creek, 15 miles (24 km) 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 22.1 square miles (57 km2)[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, 10.3 miles (16.6 km) 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Sugar Creek (Feature ID #1547633)". Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ^ The National Map elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "West Virginia, Little Muskingum-Middle Island Watershed". Archived from the original on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 23. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.