Twelvepole Creek

Twelvepole Creek
Twelvepole Creek near its mouth in Ceredo, flowing beneath Interstate 64
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyWayne
Physical characteristics
SourceEast Fork Twelvepole Creek
 • locationDingess Mountain, Mingo County, West Virginia
 • coordinates37°53′02″N 82°07′15″W / 37.88389°N 82.12083°W / 37.88389; -82.12083
 • elevation1,277 ft (389 m)[2]
2nd sourceWest Fork Twelvepole Creek
 • locationDingess Mountain, Mingo County, West Virginia
 • coordinates37°51′33″N 82°06′48″W / 37.85917°N 82.11333°W / 37.85917; -82.11333
 • elevation1,676 ft (511 m)[3]
Source confluence 
 • locationWayne, West Virginia
 • coordinates38°12′41″N 82°26′44″W / 38.21139°N 82.44556°W / 38.21139; -82.44556
 • elevation594 ft (181 m)
MouthOhio River[4]
 • location
Ceredo, West Virginia
 • coordinates
38°24′04″N 82°31′51″W / 38.40111°N 82.53083°W / 38.40111; -82.53083
 • elevation
515 ft (157 m)
Discharge 
 • locationEast Fork near m, [1]
 • average8.3 cu ft/s (0.24 m3/s)[1]
 • minimum0.13 cu ft/s (0.0037 m3/s)(1989)
 • maximum99 cu ft/s (2.8 m3/s)(1980)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightBeech Fork, Plymale Branch

Twelvepole Creek is a 32.2-mile-long (51.8 km)[5] river located in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Mississippi River watershed, by way of the Ohio River. It is alternately known as Twelve Pole Creek.[6]

  1. ^ a b "USGS 03206600 East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, West Virginia". National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  2. ^ "East Fork Twelvepole Creek Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  3. ^ "West Fork Twelvepole Creek Source". Elevation Query. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  4. ^ "Twelvepole Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 26, 2011
  6. ^ "House Concurrent Resolution No. 23". West Virginia Legislature. February 14, 2002. Archived from the original on September 3, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2015.