Bluestone River

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Bluestone River
Bluestone River in Pipestem Resort State Park

Bluestone River in Pipestem Resort State Park

Data
Water code US :  1550405
location Virginia , West Virginia (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over New River  → Kanawha  → Ohio  → Mississippi  → Gulf of Mexico
source on East River Mountain in Tazewell County , Virginia
37 ° 10 ′ 19 ″  N , 81 ° 24 ′ 58 ″  W
Source height 1095  m 
muzzle in Bluestone Lake in Summers County Coordinates: 37 ° 36'44 "  N , 80 ° 54'52"  W 37 ° 36'44 "  N , 80 ° 54'52"  W.
Mouth height 434  m 
Height difference 661 m
Bottom slope 5.3 ‰
length 124 km
Discharge at the Pipestem gauge NNQ (1963)
MQ
HHQ (1987) 		4 m³ / s
21 m³ / s
220 m³ / s
Left tributaries Little Bluestone River
Right tributaries Blacklick Creek
National Wild and Scenic River

The Bluestone River is a 124 km long left tributary of the New River in southwest Virginia and southern West Virginia in the United States .

About the New River, Kanawha River and Ohio River , the river is part of the catchment area of the Mississippi River . A 18 km section of the lower reaches is designated as the Bluestone National Scenic River .

Run

The Bluestone River rises on East River Mountain in Tazewell County , Virginia, and follows a generally northeastern direction through Counties Mercer and Summers , West Virginia. The river passes the cities of Bluefield in Virginia and Bramwell and Montcalm in West Virginia. The river flows into Bluestone Lake about 6.5 km south of Hinton , which is formed by a dam of the United States Army Corps of Engineers New River. Most of the section of the river classified as the National Scenic River is located in Summers County, as is Pipestem Resort State Park , which extends down a canyon the river has cut into the landscape.

pollution

The Bluestone River suffers from contamination with PCBs , largely a result of earlier coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains . As a result, Virginia recommended not to consume carp caught above Bluefield , Virginia . West Virginia, on the other hand, recommends limiting to one meal per month.

In Virginia, the Department of Environmental Quality also warns against swimming in the river or coming into direct contact with the water in any other way because of high levels of fecal coliform bacteria .

Little Bluestone River

The Little Bluestone River is a tributary of the Bluestone River in Summers County; it is less than 9 miles from its formation by the White Oak Branch and Jumping Branch to its confluence with the Bluestone River.

Name variants

According to the Geographic Names Information System , the Bluestone River was historically known by a number of other names:

  • Big Bluestone River
  • Blue Stone Creek
  • Blue Stone River
  • Bluestone Creek
  • Mec-ce-ne-ke-ke-ce-pe-we
  • Mec-cen-ne-ke-ke
  • Mo-mom-ga-sen-eka-ce-pe

Web links

Commons : Bluestone River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bluestone River Source ( English ) In: Elevation Query . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved on November 23, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / gisdata.usgs.gov  
  2. ↑ Bluestone River ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ a b c Entry in the Columbia Gazetteer of North America ( memento of the original from March 25, 2005 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bartleby.com
  4. ↑ USGS 03179000 BLUESTONE RIVER NEAR PIPESTEM, WV ( English ) In: National Water Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved November 22, 2010.
  5. ^ Bluestone National Scenic River . National Park Service
  6. ↑ National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Bluestone River ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rivers.gov
  7. ^ Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Maine 2005, ISBN 0-89933-326-5 .
  8. ^ A b c West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer . DeLorme , Yarmouth, Maine 1997, ISBN 0-89933-246-3 .
  9. ↑ PCBs in the Bluestone River ( English , PDF) Virginia Department of Environmental Quality . Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  10. ^ West Virginia Fish Consumption Advisories ( English ) West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources . Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  11. ^ Fecal Bacteria and General Standard Total Maximum Daily Load Development for the Bluestone River ( English , PDF) Virginia Department of Environmental Quality . September 2004. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  12. ↑ Little Bluestone River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  13. ↑ Bluestone River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey