| 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[1] |
| • elevation | 794 ft (242 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | St. Marys |
• coordinates | 39°24′09″N 81°12′08″W / 39.40250°N 81.20222°W[1] |
• elevation | 607 ft (185 m)[1] |
| Length | 77 mi (124 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 565 sq mi (1,460 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 844.37 cu ft/s (23.910 m3/s) (estimate)[5] |
| 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.