Pond Creek (West Virginia)

This article is about the stream. For the unincorporated community, see Pond Creek, West Virginia. For other uses, see Pond Creek (disambiguation).
Pond Creek
Pond Creek northwest of Flinn in 2010
Pond Creek and its watershed in Wood and Jackson counties, West Virginia
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesWood, Jackson
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationsouth of Rockport
 • coordinates39°03′02″N 81°33′22″W / 39.0506351°N 81.5562353°W / 39.0506351; -81.5562353[1]
 • elevation978 ft (298 m)[2]
MouthOhio River
 • location
Pond Creek
 • coordinates
39°05′38″N 81°44′38″W / 39.0939671°N 81.7440201°W / 39.0939671; -81.7440201[1]
 • elevation
561 ft (171 m)[1]
Length16 mi (26 km)
Basin size43 sq mi (110 km2)

Pond Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, 16 miles (26 km) long,[3] in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 43 square miles (110 km2)[4] on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Pond Creek flows for most of its length in southern Wood County; its watershed also drains a portion of northern Jackson County. It rises south of Rockport and flows generally west-northwestward through the unincorporated communities of Lowdell, Jerrys Run, and Flinn. East of Flinn and again near its mouth, the creek briefly enters Jackson County. It flows into the Ohio River on the boundary of Jackson and Wood counties, at the community of Pond Creek.[5]

Downstream of Flinn it collects Little Pond Creek[6] from the south. Little Pond Creek flows in Jackson County for most of its course, northwestward through the communities of Willowdale and Topins Grove.[5]

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 82% of the Pond Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 18% is used for pasture and agriculture.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Pond Creek (Feature ID #1545124)". Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  2. ^ The National Map elevation query for GNIS source coordinates, http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/. Retrieved on 2013-03-03.
  3. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results: Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008, West Virginia, Upper Ohio-Shade Watershed". Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
  4. ^ a b West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. "Middle Ohio River 2". Watershed Atlas Project. Archived from the original on 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2011-10-12. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ^ a b West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 33. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
  6. ^ Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Little Pond Creek (Feature ID #1542189)". Retrieved 2013-03-03.