Toms Fork

Toms Fork
A map of Toms Fork and its watershed
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyDoddridge
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationsoutheast of Porto Rico
 • coordinates39°10′01″N 80°44′28″W / 39.1669444°N 80.7411111°W / 39.1669444; -80.7411111[1]
 • elevation1,229 ft (375 m)[2]
MouthMeathouse Fork
 • location
Sugar Camp
 • coordinates
39°14′24″N 80°41′37″W / 39.2400859°N 80.6937130°W / 39.2400859; -80.6937130[1]
 • elevation
810 ft (250 m)[1]
Length9.3 mi (15.0 km)
Basin size15.5 sq mi (40 km2)
Basin features
Hydrologic Unit Code050302010401 (USGS)

Toms Fork is a tributary of the Meathouse Fork, 9.3 miles (15.0 km) long,[3] in north-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Meathouse Fork, Middle Island Creek, and the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 15.5 square miles (40 km2)[4] in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Toms Fork's course is entirely in southern Doddridge County. It rises approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) southeast of the unincorporated community of Porto Rico, and flows generally north-northeastward, through the unincorporated community of Market, to Sugar Camp, where it flows into the Meathouse Fork. Toms Fork is paralleled for most of its course by West Virginia Route 18. It collects its largest tributary, Little Toms Fork,[5] at Market.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Toms Fork (Feature ID #1548141)". Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  2. ^ The National Map elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  3. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "West Virginia, Little Muskingum-Middle Island Watershed". Archived from the original on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data for Toms Fork watershed, 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 050302010401. The National Map, retrieved 2013-08-09
  5. ^ Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Little Toms Fork (Feature ID #1542240)". Retrieved 2013-08-09.
  6. ^ The National Map, accessed 2013-08-09
  7. ^ West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. p. 35. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.