992l1‘ 111ROIM c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY /�/ 7 G I C� 4 .4 0., ot4 JUN 2 0 1989 A DRAINAGE AREAS OF THE GUYANDOTTE RIVER BASIN, WEST VIRGINIA Open—File Report 77-801 Prepared in cooperation with the West Virginia Office of Federal—State Relations UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DRAINAGE AREAS OF THE GUYANDOTTE RIVER BASIN, WEST VIRGINIA By M. V. Mathes, Jr. Open-file Report 77-801 Prepared in cooperation with the Nest Virginia Office of Federal-State Relations Charleston, West Virginia September 1977 CONTENTS Page Abstract a 1 Acknowledgments a 2 Introduction a 2 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Location of Guyandotte River basin a 4 TABLES Table 1.aDrainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin a 5 ii DRAINAGE AREAS OF THE GUYANDOTTE RIVER BASIN, NEST VIRGINIA By Melvin V. Mathes, Jr. ABSTRACT This report, prepared in cooperation with the West Virginia Office of Federal-State Relations (now the Office of Economic and Community Development), lists in tabular form 435 drainage areas for basins within the Guyandotte River basin of West Virginia. Drainage areas are compiled for sites at the mouths of all streams having drainage areas of approx­ imately five square miles or greater, for sites at U.S. Geological Survey gaging stations (past and present), and for other miscellaneous sites. Drainage areas are summed in a downstream direction to provide areas for main channel sites. The site or reference point of each basin can be located by stream miles measured upstream from the mouth of each stream, by county, by quadrangle, and by latitude and longitude. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This report was prepared in cooperation with the West Virginia Office of Federal-State Relations (now the Office of Economic and Community Development). Assistance in the form of equipment (an electronic digitizer) was provided by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey. INTRODUCTION The Guyandotte River basin is located in southwestern West Virginia. (See fig. 1.) The Guyandotte River drains approximately 1680 square miles of dissected Appalachian plateau before flowing into the Ohio River at. Huntington, West Virginia. Drainage areas in this report were determined for approximately 400 smaller basins within the Guyandotte River basin. The drainage divides for these basins were outlined at the topographic divides on U.S. Geological Survey 71/2-minute topographic maps. Most basins with areas greater than five square miles were outlined as well as many basins with areas less than five square miles. Drainage areas were measured by use of electronic digitizing equip- ment supplemented by hand planimeter. Drainage areas were adjusted to agree with the areas of 71/2 minute quadrilaterals as found in Smithsonian Geographical Tables. Individual areas were rounded for reporting to two significant digits for areas of less than one square mile, three signi- ficant digits for areas of from one square mile to less than one thousand square miles, and four significant digits for areas greater than or equal to 1000 square miles. Stream mileages were measured upstream from stream mouths to all basin reference points. Stream mileages were determined by measuring, with a map wheel, stream lengths from the mouth of each stream to each basin reference point on that stream. Stream mileages were rounded to the nearest tenth of a mile in all cases. The latitude and longitude of each basin reference point were also measured. The latitude and longitude of each basin reference point were determined to the nearest second by use of a scaled rule. All information contained in this report is listed in tabular form in downstream order. Basin reference points are located by intersecting tributaries, counties, map quadrangles, and latitude and longitude. 3 H. ClQ uoT 0 WEST VIRGINIA Map of West Virginia Showing Guyandotte River basin 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Scale in miles Table 1.--Drainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin Drainage From area River mouth Stream Site (square miles) miles of County Quadrangle Latitude Longitude Bluff Fork above Wiley Spring 6.12 171.7 Guyandotte Raleigh Rhodell 37°33'09" 81°16'10" Branch River Wiley Spring at mouth 6.90 171.7 Guyandotte Raleigh Rhodell 37°33'09" 81°16'10" Branch River Devils Fork below juncture of 13.0 111..7 Cuyandotte Raleigh Rhodell 37°33'09" 81 °16'10" Bluff Fork and River Wiley Spring Branch Beetree Branch at mouth 2.79 168.6 Cuyandotte Raleigh Rhodell 37°34'44" 81°18'12" River Devils Fork below Beetree Brancha21.0 168.6 Guyandotte Raleigh Rhodell 37°34'44" 81°18'12" River Winding Gulf above West Fork 3.63 11.8 Winding Raleigh Crab 37°40'59" 81°14'43" Winding Gulf Gulf Orchard West Fork at mouth 2.11 11.8 Winding Raleigh Crab 37°40'59" 81°14'43" Winding Gulf Gulf Orchard Winding Gulf and at mouth 5.74 11.8 Winding Raleigh Crab 37°40'59" 81°14'43" Wesr Fork Winding of. West Fork. Gulf Orchard Gulf Winding Gulf Table 1.--Drainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin--Continued Drainage From area River mouth StreamaSite (square miles) miles of County Quadrangle Latitude Longitude Berry Branch at mouth 2.11 3.1 Winding Raleigh Lester 37°38'09" 81°18'51" Gulf Winding Gulf below Berry Branch 18.9 3.1 Winding Raleigh Lester 37°38'09" 81°18'51" Gulf Stonecoal Creekaat Pines Creek 5.67 6.7 Stonecoal Raleigh Crab 37°37'39" 81°14'24" Creek Orchard Pines Creek at mouth 2.93 6.7 Stonecoal Raleigh Crab 37°37'39" 81°14'24" Creek Orchard Stonecoal Creek at mouth of 8.60 6.7 Stonecoal Raleigh Crab 37°37'39" 81°14'24" and Pines Creek Pines Creek Creek Orchard Farley Branchaat mouth 1.95 4.3 Stonecoal Raleigh Lester 37°37'38" 81°16'45" Creek Stonecoal Creekaat Farley Branch 12.4 4.3 Stonecoal Raleigh Lester 37°37'38" 81°16'45" Creek Riffe Branchaat mouth 3.20 3.3 Stonecoal Raleigh Lester 37°37'48" 81°17'43" Creek Table 1.--Drainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin--Continued Drainage From area River mouth StreamaSite (square miles) miles of County Quadrangle Latitude Longitude Stonecoal Creek at Riffe Branch 16.2 3.3 Stonecoal Raleigh Lester 37°37'48" 81°17'43" Creek Tommy Creek at Lefthand Fork 6.18 3.6 Tommy Raleigh Rhodell 37°35'45" 81°15'13" Creek Lefthand Fork at mouth 1.86 3.6 Tommy Raleigh Rhodell 37°35'45" 81°15'13" Creek Tommy Creekaat mouth of 8.04 3.6 Tommy Raleigh Rhodell 37°35'45" 81°15'13" and Lefthand ForkaLefthand Fork Creek Bragg Branch at mouth 1.98 2.8 Tommy Raleigh Rhodell 37°35'42" 81°16'02" Creek Tommy Creek at Bragg Branch 11.4 2.8 Tommy Raleigh Rhodell 37°35'42" 81°16'02" Creek Tommy Creek at mouth 14.5 1.2 Stonecoal Raleigh Rhoden 37°36'28" 81°18'18" Creek Stonecoal Creek at Tommy Creek 32.4 1.2 Stonecoal Raleigh Rhodell 37°36'28" 81°18'18" Creek Table 1.--Drainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin--Continued Drainage From area River mouth StreamaSite (square miles) miles of County Quadrangle Latitude Longitude Stonecoal Creeka at mouth 33.1 0.5 Winding Raleigh Rhodell 37°36'08" 81°19'22" Gulf Winding Gulf at Stonecoal 54.7 0.5 Winding Raleigh Rhodell 37°36'08" 81°19'22" Creek Gulf Winding Gulfaat mouth 54.9 166.7 Guyandotte Raleigh Rhodell 37°35'50" 81°19'18" River Guyandotte River at juncture of 78.0 166.7 Guyandotte Raleigh Rhodell 37°35'50" 81°19'18" Devils Fork and River Winding Gulf Big Branchaat mouth 3.07 164.7 Guyandotte Wyoming Rhodell 37° 34'41" 81°19'58" River Guyandotte Rivera at Big Branch 82.2 164.7 Guyandotte Wyoming Rhodell 37°34'41" 81 °19'58" River Allen Creekaat Left Fork 4.81 2.5 Allen Creek Wyoming Rhodell 37°36'50" 81°20'52" Left Forkaat mouth 1.72 2.5 Allen Creek Wyoming Rhodell 37°36'50" 81°20'52" Table 1.--Drainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin--Continued Drainage From area River mouth StreamaSite (square miles) miles of County Quadrangle Latitude Longitude Allen Creek at mouth 6.53 2.5 Allen Creek Wyoming Rhodell 37°36'50" 81°20'52" and Left Fork of Left Fork Allen Creekaat mouth 8.72 162.7 Guyandotte Wyoming Rhodell 37° 35'21" 81°20'58" River Guyandotte Rivera at Allen Creek 92.0 162.7 Guyandotte Wyoming Rhodell 37°35'21" 81°20'58" River Slab Fork at Low Gap Branch 2.31 12.4 Slab Fork Raleigh Lester 37°41'13" 81°20'00" Low Gap Brancha at mouth 2.43 12.4 Slab Fork Raleigh Lester 37°41'13" 81°20'00" Slab Fork andaat mouth 4.74 12.4 Slab Fork Raleigh Lester 37°41'13" 81°20'00" Low Gap Brancha of Low Gap Branch Burnt Forkaat Richardson 1.11 1.2 Burnt Fork Raleigh Lester 37°41'52" 81°21'02" Branch Richardson Branchaat mouth 2.23 1.2 Burnt Fork Raleigh Lester 37°41'52" 81°21'02" Table 1.--Drainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin--Continued Drainage From area River mouth StreamaSite (square miles) miles of County Quadrangle Latitude Longitude Burnt Forkaat mouth 3.34 1.2 Burnt Fork Raleigh Lester 37°41'52" 8L°21'02" and Richardsona of Richardson BranchaBranch Burnt Forkaat mouth 4.03 11.3 Slab Fork Raleigh Lester 37°40'53" 81°21'01" Slab Forkaat Burnt Fork 9.62 11.3 Slab Fork Raleigh Lester 37°40'53" 81°21'01" Grave Forkaat mouth 1.80 10.0 Slab Fork Raleigh Lester 37°40'25" 81°22'03" Slab Forkaat Grave Fork 12.8 10.0 Slab Fork Raleigh Lester 37°40'25" 81°22'03" Old Slab Forka at mouth 2.91 8.8 Slab Fork Wyoming McGraws 37°40'00" 81°23'02" Slab Fork at Old Slab Fork 17.0 8.8 Slab Fork Wyoming McGraws 37°40'00" 81°23'02" Measle Fork at mouth 2.23 7.2 Slab Fork Wyoming McGraws 37°39'00" 81°23'31" Slab Fork at Measle Fork 20.8 7.2 Slab Fork Wyoming McGraws 37° 39'00" 81°23'31" Marsh Fork at mouth 4.88 6.1 Slab Fork Wyoming McGraws 37°38'18" 81°23'34" Table 1.--Drainage areas of the Guyandotte River basin--Continued Drainage From area River mouth