Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1] | |
Location | Marshall, West Virginia, United States |
Coordinates | 39°57′08″N 80°31′27″W / 39.95222°N 80.52417°W |
Area | 470 acres (190 ha)[2] |
Elevation | 835 ft (255 m)[3] |
Operator | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |
Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area is located on 470 acres (190 ha) in Marshall County near Moundsville, West Virginia.[2] Mixed hardwoods cover most of the former Jacob Crow (1815–1901) (later C.C. Mooney [d. 1970] farm, site,[2] whose major focus is a flood control lake on Dunkard Fork Wheeling Creek. The rolling terrain is punctuated with a few highwalls and ponds. Dunkard Fork WMA is located in northeast Marshall County along the Pennsylvania line on County Route 15. Construction of the dam was originally slated for a location upstream, but was later moved into West Virginia.[4] Construction was underway by 1991 and the Jacob Crow farm was ruined.[5] Archeological digs were conducted and photographs taken to document the site before the structures were razed.