West Fork River

West Fork River
West Fork River in Enterprise
Data
Water code	US :  1548931
location	West Virginia (USA)
River system	Mississippi River
Drain over	Monongahela River  → Ohio River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
source	near Rock Cave in Upshur County 38 ° 51 ′ 8 ″  N , 80 ° 21 ′ 32 ″  W
Source height	399  m
Association with	Tygart Valley River to Monongahela River Coordinates: 39 ° 27 ′ 53 "  N , 80 ° 9 ′ 11"  W 39 ° 27 ′ 53 "  N , 80 ° 9 ′ 11"  W
Mouth height	263  m
Height difference	136 m
Bottom slope	0.66 ‰
length	206 km
Catchment area	19,002 km²
Drain	MNQ	33 m³ / s
Right tributaries	Elk Creek
Small towns	Fairmont , Clarksburg
West Fork River in Clarksburg
Map of the Monongahela River Basin, with the West Fork River

The West Fork River is the 166 km long headwaters of the Monongahela River in the north of the US state West Virginia .

About the Monongahela and Ohio River it belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Mississippi River . It has a gentle slope and flows at a low speed. Therefore, this is the river very popular for fishing and fish such as walleye , sauger , smallmouth bass , largemouth bass , golden trout , flathead catfish , rainbow trout and muskellunge inhabited.

Jackson's Mill was founded in 1800 by Edward Jackson along the river north of Weston . His grandson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson , spent his youth there.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ West Fork River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
2. ↑ Frank Jernejčič: Best of the West Fork . In: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (Ed.): Wonderful West Virginia . 59, No. 1, March 1995, pp. 2-4.
3. ^ Meador, Michael M. (2006). "Jackson's Mill." The West Virginia Encyclopedia . Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. pp. 375-376. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5 .