28 PHYSIOGRAPHY. 



at an elevation of 1750', flows northward 6 miles to its junc- 

 tion with the West Fork at Walkersville where its elevation is 

 1080', making a total fall of 670 feet. The area of its drainage 

 basin is 11.5 square miles. 



Little Kanawha River. 



The Little Kanawha River, which flows across the south- 

 ern end of Lewis and entirely across Gilmer, has its rise near 

 Craddock in Upshur, at an elevation of 2765 feet. Its eleva- 

 tion at the western edge of Lewis is 950' ; at the western edge 

 of Gilmer, 680' ; and at its junction with the Ohio River ?t 

 Parkersburg, 564', making a total fall of 2201 feet. Except at 

 the headwaters where there is a considerable forest area, most 

 of its course is through a cleared region and it is subject to 

 floods in winter and spring. Several careful hand leveled 

 measurements show that its flood plain has a height of 28 feet 

 at: Hattie, 31 feet at Millseat Run, 31 feet at Glenville, 27 feet 

 at Sand Fork, and 26 feet at Stouts Mills. Its general course 

 is northwestward at right angles to the mountain folds. Its 

 length is 145 miles and its drainage basin has an area of abouV 

 2150 square miles. 



Its principal tributaries in Gilmer are Steer Creek, Tanner 

 Creek, Grass Run, Cedar Creek, Sinking Creek, Leading Creek, 

 Sand Fork, Duskcamp Run and Copen Run. Its tributaries 

 in Lewis include Oil Creek, Right Fork, Glady Creek and 

 Cherry Fork. 



Steer Creek rises in Braxton near Dessie, at an elevation 

 of 1500', and flows northward 28.5 miles to Russet in Calhoun 

 where it empties into the Little Kanawha at an elevation of 

 675', making a total fall of 825 feet. Its total drainage basin 

 has an area of 209.3 square miles. In comparison to its length, 

 the drainage basin seems large, but this is due to the fact that 

 the creek has several unusually large tributaries, making a 

 wide fan-shaped basin. 



Tanner Creek rises at the Ritchie-Gilmer Line north of 

 Newberne at an elevation of 1340', and flows southwestward 

 14 miles to the Little Kanawha at Latonia, where its elevation 

 is 685', making a total fall of 655 feet. The area of its drain- 

 age basin is 36.7 square miles. 



