26 PHYSIOGRAPHY. 



Streams. "Square Miles7~ 



Stewart Creek 9-40 



Sand Fork, total above mouth 79 . 45 



Ellis Creek 7 . 50 



Indian Fork 22 . 50 



Duskcamp Run 8.60 



Copen Run 9.65 



Oil Creek, total above mouth 31 . 90 



Clover Fork 9 . 25 



Right Fork 37.50 



Glady Creek 8.50 



Cherry Fork 4.20 



West Fork River. 



The West Fork River, which forms the principal drainage 

 basin of Lewis, is a northward flowing stream, being one of 

 the constituent branches of the Monongahela at Fairmont. 

 Its source is in Upshur County, three miles southwest of Rock 

 Cave. The elevation at its source is 1700' and at the Lewis- 

 Harrison Line is 975' above sea level, and at Fairmont 880', a 

 total fall of 820' ; and its length from head to mouth is 100 

 miles. Its course is through a farming region, most of the 

 land being cleared, the result being that the river has torren- 

 tial floods in winter and spring, and its flow is reduced to a 

 minimum in the summer and autumn when water is most 

 needed. The total area of its drainage basin is 843 square 

 miles, and of that portion above and including Hackers Creek 

 is 298 square miles. 



The principal tributaries of the West Fork in Lewis 

 County are Hackers Creek, Kincheloe Creek, Freemans Creek, 

 Stonecoal Creek, Polk Creek, Murphy Creek, Rush Run, Skin 

 Creek, Sand Fork, and Right Fork. 



Hackers Creek rises in Upshur County at an elevation of 

 about 1750' and flows westward entirely across Lewis, empty- 

 ing into the West Fork in Harrison County, the elevation of 

 its mouth being 980', making a total fall of 770 feet. Its course 

 from the head to Berlin is nearly straight but from Berlin to 

 its mouth the valley is wide and the creek has a meandering 

 course, showing that it has nearly reached base level. The 

 area of its drainage basin is 54.4 square miles. 



Kincheloe Creek rises at the corner of Lewis, Harrison 

 and Doddridge, at an elevation of 1500', and flows eastward to 



