Black Fork (Cheat River)

	Black fork
	Catchment area of the Monongahela River with the Black Fork.
	Data
Water code	US : 1550368
location	Tucker County in West Virginia (USA)
River system	Mississippi River
Drain over	Cheat River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
Confluence of	Dry Fork and Blackwater River at Hendricks, WV ; 39 ° 4 ′ 20 ″ N , 79 ° 37 ′ 45 ″ W
Source height	518 m
Association with	Shavers Fork in Parsons to the Cheat River Coordinates: 39 ° 6 ′ 39 ″ N , 79 ° 40 ′ 44 ″ W 39 ° 6 ′ 39 ″ N , 79 ° 40 ′ 44 ″ W.;
Mouth height	494 m
Height difference	24 m
Bottom slope	3.7 ‰
length	6.5 km
Catchment area	1295 km²
Small towns	Parsons , Hendricks
	Formation of the Black Fork by the confluence of the Blackwater River (left) and Dry Fork (right) near Hendricks, West Virginia.

The Black Fork is only 6 km long headwaters of the Cheat River in the east of the US state West Virginia .

It belongs to the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 1295 km². It is created by the confluence of the Blackwater River and Dry Fork in Hendricks . In Parsons , the Black Fork then flows together with the Shavers Fork and forms the Cheat River with it .

geography

About the Cheat River, Monongahela River and Ohio River , the Black Fork belongs to the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 1295 km². The river runs along its entire length within Tucker County . After it was formed at Hendricks by Dry Fork and Blackwater River, it flows in a north-westerly direction via Hambleton to Parsons, where it merges with the Shavers Fork to form the Cheat River.

Naming

The US Board on Geographic Names set the name of the watercourse to "Black Fork" in 1930. According to the information in the Geographic Names Information System , the river was historically known as the "Blackwater Fork" and was also referred to as part of the Blackwater River .

literature

Julian, Norman. 2006. "Cheat River". The West Virginia Encyclopedia . Ken Sullivan (Editor). Charleston, WV. West Virginia Humanities Council. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5 .

Web links

Commons : Black Fork - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ The American Rivers Outstanding Rivers List , Second Edition, May 1991. Compiled and edited by Matthew H. Huntington and John D. Echeverria. Washington DC American Rivers, Inc.
↑ ^a ^b DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3 .
^ West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Cheat River watershed ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Sum of the drainage areas of Dry Fork, Blackwater River, Glady Fork, Laurel Fork, Gandy Creek, and Red Creek. Retrieved January 27, 2008. @1@ 2

↑ Black Fork in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey

[length-1] The American Rivers Outstanding Rivers List , Second Edition, May 1991. Compiled and edited by Matthew H. Huntington and John D. Echeverria. Washington DC American Rivers, Inc.

[DeLorme-2] DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3 .

[Watershed_size-3] West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Cheat River watershed ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Sum of the drainage areas of Dry Fork, Blackwater River, Glady Fork, Laurel Fork, Gandy Creek, and Red Creek. Retrieved January 27, 2008. @1@ 2

[GNIS-4] Black Fork in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey