Glady Fork

Glady Fork
The Glady Fork in Randolph County in 2006
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesRandolph, Tucker
Physical characteristics
SourceWest Fork Glady Fork
 • locationLynn Divide, Randolph County
 • coordinates38°44′08″N 79°45′56″W / 38.73556°N 79.76556°W / 38.73556; -79.76556
 • elevation3,154 ft (961 m)[2]
2nd sourceEast Fork Glady Fork
 • locationMiddle Mountain, Randolph County, WV
 • coordinates38°42′48″N 79°44′05″W / 38.71333°N 79.73472°W / 38.71333; -79.73472
 • elevation3,707 ft (1,130 m)[3]
Source confluence 
 • locationGlady, WV
 • coordinates38°48′03″N 79°43′07″W / 38.80083°N 79.71861°W / 38.80083; -79.71861
 • elevation2,841 ft (866 m)
MouthDry Fork[4]
 • location
Gladwin, WV
 • coordinates
39°00′33″N 79°32′48″W / 39.00917°N 79.54667°W / 39.00917; -79.54667
 • elevation
1,946 ft (593 m)[4]
Length32 mi (51 km)[1]
Basin size64 sq mi (170 km2)[5]

Glady Fork is a 31.9-mile-long (51.3 km)[1] river in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It is considered one of the five principal headwaters tributaries of the Cheat River — known as the Forks of Cheat.

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
  2. ^ "West Fork Glady Fork Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  3. ^ "East Fork Glady Fork Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  4. ^ a b "Glady Fork". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  5. ^ West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. "Watershed Atlas Project". pp. Cheat River. Archived from the original on 2000-08-17. Retrieved 2007-02-02.