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West Virginia

River count229
River miles7,059

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Name Length
 (miles)
 Watershed
Length
(miles)
Abram Creek19.419
Anthony Creek15.559
Anthony Creek - Middle Fork15.215
Anthony Creek - North Fork11.612
Back Creek (Potomac River tributary)34.334
Beech Fork28.729
Big Beaver Creek1717
Big Coal River39.798
Big Harts Creek1313
Big Sandy Creek (Cheat River tributary)18.733
Big Sandy Creek (Elk River tributary)25.125
Big Sandy River27.1308
Big Ugly Creek18.719
Bingamon Creek15.115
Birch River36.154
Black Fork4.5168
Blackwater River34.334
Blue Creek17.317
Bluestone River65.382
Bonds Creek18.719
Brush Creek16.717
Brushy Fork1616
Buckeye Creek14.414
Buckhannon River45.4109
Buckhannon River - Left Fork17.217
Buckhannon River - Right Fork16.829
Buckhannon River - Right Fork - Left Fork12.212
Buffalo Creek (Elk River tributary)25.726
Buffalo Creek (Guyandotte River tributary)19.119
Buffalo Creek (Monongahela River tributary)29.930
Buffalo Creek (Ohio River tributary)18.519
Cabin Creek21.922
Cacapon River81201
Cedar Creek34.835
Cheat River74.7397
Cherry River10.761
Cherry River - North Fork17.818
Cherry River - South Fork1717
Clear Fork (Big Coal River tributary)23.524
Clear Fork (Guyandotte River tributary)29.654
Coal River18.9242
Cranberry River24.925
Cross Creek7.37
Davis Creek15.516
Deckers Creek24.625
Deer Creek19.219
Dry Fork (Black Fork tributary)39.3129
Dry Fork (Tug Fork tributary)3636
Dunloup Creek1616
East River24.124
Eighteenmile Creek32.833
Elk Creek31.848
Elk Fork15.616
Elkhorn Creek23.724
Elk River175.6442
Elk River - Back Fork23.223
Enlow Fork11
Falling Rock Creek16.316
Fink Creek20.721
Fish Creek26.959
Fish Creek - Pennsylvania Fork9.510
Fish Creek - West Virginia Fork22.823
Fishing Creek23.381
Fishing Creek - North Fork16.416
Fishing Creek - South Fork2121
French Creek17.317
Gauley River106.2416
Glade Creek23.323
Glady Fork31.932
Goose Creek25.826
Grave Creek20.934
Greenbrier River154387
Greenbrier River - East Fork20.420
Greenbrier River - West Fork19.319
Guyan Creek15.516
Guyandotte River168.7527
Hackers Creek25.726
Hans Creek16.416
Harmon Creek7.58
Henry Fork24.525
Holly River3.950
Holly River - Left Fork23.624
Holly River - Right Fork22.422
Hominy Creek24.925
Horseshoe Run1616
Howard Creek15.415
Huff Creek20.721
Hughes River14.2188
Hughes River - North Fork55.274
Hughes River - South Fork55.274
Hurricane Creek2525
Indian Creek (Guyandotte River tributary)20.220
Indian Creek (Hughes River - South Fork tributary)19.119
Indian Creek (New River tributary)33.650
Island Creek18.719
Kanawha River97.52,191
Knapp Creek29.630
Laurel Creek (Cherry River tributary)15.716
Laurel Creek (Elk River tributary)21.221
Laurel Fork (Clear Fork (Guyandotte River tributary))24.424
Laurel Fork (Dry Fork (Black Fork tributary))37.838
Laurel Fork (Pigeon Creek tributary)15.716
Laurel Fork (Potomac River - South Branch - North Fork tributary)1.82
Leading Creek (Little Kanawha River tributary)30.751
Leading Creek (Tygart Valley River tributary)21.321
Lee Creek2.436
Lee Creek - North Fork21.321
Lee Creek - South Fork1212
Little Birch River17.718
Little Cacapon River25.125
Little Clear Creek15.315
Little Coal River27.6125
Little Fishing Creek20.621
Little Huff Creek15.816
Little Kanawha River172757
Little Kanawha River - West Fork4687
Little Kanawha River - West Fork - Left Fork16.717
Little Mill Creek11.411
Little Sandy Creek (Big Sandy Creek (Cheat River tributary))12.713
Little Sandy Creek (Big Sandy Creek tributary)1.31
Little Sandy Creek (Elk River tributary)18.418
Little Tenmile Creek13.113
Little Wheeling Creek10.422
Loop Creek20.420
Lost River31.131
Lunice Creek7.331
Lunice Creek - North Fork12.713
Lunice Creek - South Fork11.111
Marrowbone Creek15.215
Marsh Fork3535
McElroy Creek20.220
McKim Creek17.918
Meadow Branch16.617
Meadow Creek16.316
Meadow River6277
Meathouse Fork19.920
Middle Fork15.115
Middle Fork River35.451
Middle Fork River - Right Fork15.415
Middle Grave Creek12.813
Middle Island Creek75.8148
Middle Wheeling Creek11.211
Mill Creek (Ohio River tributary)29.772
Mill Creek (Potomac River - South Branch tributary)2.530
Mill Creek (Tygart Valley River tributary)16.316
Monongahela River37.91,175
Muddlety Creek23.524
Muddy Creek (Cheat River tributary)1616
Muddy Creek (Greenbrier River tributary)21.922
Mud River82.8108
Mud River - Trace Fork2525
New Creek18.318
New River (Kanawha River tributary)89.6708
North Mill Creek13.413
North River52.571
Ohio River276.16,028
Oldtown Creek23.724
Opequon Creek34.134
Paint Creek4242
Parchment Creek15.115
Patterson Creek51.251
Peters Creek19.119
Pigeon Creek3248
Piney Creek35.435
Pinnacle Creek27.427
Pocatalico Creek10.225
Pocatalico River72.698
Pond Creek17.317
Pond Fork35.853
Pond Fork - West Fork16.917
Potomac River1161,031
Potomac River - North Branch103.4219
Potomac River - South Branch127.2318
Potomac River - South Branch - North Fork43.565
Potomac River - South Branch - South Fork64.565
Red Creek19.820
Reedy Creek17.151
Reedy Creek - Left Fork16.929
Reedy Creek - Middle Fork12.412
Reedy Creek - Right Fork4.14
Roaring Creek1515
Saltlick Creek20.420
Sand Fork20.921
Sandy Creek - Left Fork (Ohio River tributary)1616
Sandy Creek (Ohio River tributary)12.340
Sandy Creek - Right Fork (Ohio River tributary)11.812
Sandy Creek (Tygart Valley River tributary)15.816
Second Creek25.526
Seneca Creek19.219
Shavers Fork89.690
Shenandoah River20.120
Simpson Creek2929
Sixteenmile Creek1717
Slab Fork15.716
Sleepy Creek36.163
Sleepy Creek - Middle Fork10.711
South Mill Creek1414
Spring Creek (Greenbrier River tributary)23.323
Spring Creek (Little Kanawha River tributary)24.324
Spruce Fork26.245
Spruce Laurel Fork18.619
Steer Creek6.357
Steer Creek - Left Fork26.927
Steer Creek - Right Fork23.423
Stony River26.627
Straight Fork0.40
Strange Creek15.516
Tear Coat Creek18.218
Tenmile Creek26.840
Teter Creek16.416
Thirteenmile Creek30.631
Three Fork Creek18.719
Tommy Creek11.311
Trout Run18.519
Tug Fork158.5281
Twelvepole Creek32.5166
Twelvepole Creek - East Fork50.250
Twelvepole Creek - West Fork54.955
Twentymile Creek28.729
Tygart Creek16.116
Tygart Valley River135.4399
Walker Creek17.618
West Fork River103.7261
Wheeling Creek28.151
Whiteday Creek19.720
Williams River33.233
Winding Gulf15.616
Worthington Creek1717
Youghiogheny River6.46

Note: Lengths are for the part of the river/watershed within the boundary of this state.

Note: Mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.



Data from United States Geological Survey