Williams River (West Virginia)

Williams River
Williams River in the Monongahela National Forest.
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesPocahontas, Webster
Physical characteristics
SourceBeaverdam Run
 • locationDay Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV
 • coordinates38°14′47″N 80°09′54″W / 38.24639°N 80.16500°W / 38.24639; -80.16500
 • elevation3,892 ft (1,186 m)[1]
2nd sourceDowny Run
 • locationDay Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV
 • coordinates38°14′03″N 80°09′32″W / 38.23417°N 80.15889°W / 38.23417; -80.15889
 • elevation3,975 ft (1,212 m)[2]
Source confluence 
 • locationPocahontas County, WV
 • coordinates38°13′43″N 80°01′10″W / 38.22861°N 80.01944°W / 38.22861; -80.01944
 • elevation3,448 ft (1,051 m)[3]
MouthGauley River[4]
 • location
Donaldson, WV
 • coordinates
38°23′06″N 80°30′48″W / 38.38500°N 80.51333°W / 38.38500; -80.51333
 • elevation
2,169 ft (661 m)
Length33 mi (53 km)
Basin size132 sq mi (340 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationDyer, WV[5]
 • average30 cu ft/s (0.85 m3/s)[5]
 • minimum0.62 cu ft/s (0.018 m3/s)(1995)
 • maximum1,840 cu ft/s (52 m3/s)(1971)

The Williams River is a tributary of the Gauley River, 33 miles (53 km) long,[6] in east-central West Virginia, USA. Via the Gauley, Kanawha and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 132 square miles (342 km2) in a sparsely populated region of the southern Allegheny Mountains and the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.[6][7]

  1. ^ "USGS Elevation Web Service for -80.165, -38.246389". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  2. ^ "USGS Elevation Web Service for -80.1589, -38.23409". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  3. ^ "Beaverdam Run". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1980-06-27. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  4. ^ "Williams River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1980-06-27. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  5. ^ a b "USGS Gage #03186500 on Williams River at Dyer, WV". National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  6. ^ a b McNeel, William P. "Williams River." The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.
  7. ^ DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.