Henry Fork (West Virginia)

The Henry Fork is a tributary of the West Fork Little Kanawha River, 21.8 miles (35.1 km) long,[3] in west-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the West Fork and the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 91 square miles (240 km2)[4] in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Henry Fork
Location of the mouth of the Henry Fork in West Virginia
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountiesRoane, Calhoun
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationsoutheast of Tariff, southeastern Roane County
  coordinates38.6373168°N 81.1676141°W / 38.6373168; -81.1676141[1]
  elevation1,181 ft (360 m)[2]
MouthWest Fork Little Kanawha River
  location
Boundary of Calhoun and Roane counties at Rocksdale
  coordinates
38.8434204°N 81.2206722°W / 38.8434204; -81.2206722[1]
  elevation
673 ft (205 m)[1]
Length21.8 mi (35.1 km)
Basin size91 sq mi (240 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  rightBeech Fork

The Henry Fork rises southeast of the community of Tariff in southeastern Roane County and flows generally northward, through Tariff and Linden. From the mouth of its tributary the Beech Fork, it flows along the boundary of Roane and Calhoun counties for the remainder of its course, to its mouth at Rocksdale, where it flows into the West Fork from the south.[5]

See also

References

  1. Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Henry Fork (Feature ID #1540157)". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2011-03-15.
  3. United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results: Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008, West Virginia, Little Kanawha Watershed". Archived from the original on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  4. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. "HUC 8-12 Watersheds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-12. Retrieved 2011-10-13. Sum of acreages of HUC 12 watersheds 050302030603, 050302030604, and 050302030605, totaling 58206.29 acres.
  5. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1997. pp. 34, 44. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.



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