WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 2.J 



the West Fork, a distance of 8.5 miles, the elevation of its 

 mouth being 980', making a total fall of 520 feet. The area 

 of its drainage basin is 21.3 square miles. 



Freemans Creek rises at the Lewis-Doddridge Line and 

 flows eastward to the West Fork, the tidal elevation of its 

 source being 1500' and its mouth 1000', making a total fall of 

 500' in a length of 12.5 miles. The area of its drainage basin 

 is 31 square miles. 



Stonecoal Creek rises in Upshur County at an elevation 

 of 1700', flows northwestward to the West Fork at Weston, a 

 distance of 15.5 miles, the elevation of its mouth being 1000', 

 making a total fall of 700 feet. The area of its drainage basin 

 is 49.95 square miles. 



Polk Creek rises along the Freemans Creek-Courthouse 

 District Line, at an elevation of 1550', flows eastward 7.5 miles 

 to the West Fork at Weston where its elevation is 1000', 

 making a total fall of 550 feet. The area of its drainage basin 

 is 11.3 square miles. 



Murphy Creek rises in Courthouse District, near Edmis- 

 ton, at an elevation of 1550', flows northeastward a distance 

 of 5.5 miles to the West Fork, where its elevation is 1010' 

 making a total fall of 490 feet. The area of its drainage basin 

 is 6.5 square miles. 



Rush Run rises in Courthouse District at an elevation of 

 1525', flows nearly north and almost parallel to the West Fork 

 until it joins the latter stream. Its total length is 5 miles and 

 the elevation at its mouth is 1015', the total fall being 510 feet. 

 The area of its drainage basin is 6.75 square miles. 



Skin Creek rises at the Lewis-Upshur Line near Abbott, 

 at an elevation of 1700', flows northwestward a distance of 11 

 miles to the West Fork where its elevation is 1015', making 

 a total fall of 685 feet. The area of its drainage basin is 33 

 square miles. 



Sand Fork rises in Upshur County, near Frenchton, at an 

 elevation of 1800', flows northwestward a distance of 8.5 miles 

 to the West Fork at Roanoke, where its elevation is 1040'', 

 making a total fall of 760 feet. The area of its drainage basin 

 is 12.35 square miles. 



Right Fork rises at the Lewis-Braxton Line, near Letch. 



