Reedy Creek (West Virginia)
| Reedy Creek | |
 Reedy Creek in Wirt County in 2010
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| Country | United States |
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| State | West Virginia |
| Counties | Roane, Wirt |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Middle Fork Reedy Creek, Right Reedy Creek |
| Source | Left Fork Reedy Creek |
| - location | western Roane County |
| - elevation | 1,014 ft (309 m) |
| - length | 15.9 mi (26 km) |
| - coordinates | 38°45′17″N 81°28′26″W / 38.754811°N 81.4740114°W |
| Secondary source | Right Fork Reedy Creek |
| - location | northwestern Roane County |
| - elevation | 979 ft (298 m) |
| - length | 4.7 mi (8 km) |
| - coordinates | 38°54′42″N 81°30′30″W / 38.9117504°N 81.5084561°W |
| Source confluence | |
| - location | Reedy, Roane County |
| - elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
| - coordinates | 38°53′58″N 81°25′23″W / 38.8995287°N 81.4231765°W |
| Mouth | Little Kanawha River |
| - location | Palestine, Wirt County |
| - elevation | 607 ft (185 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°01′53″N 81°23′25″W / 39.0314692°N 81.3903976°WCoordinates: 39°01′53″N 81°23′25″W / 39.0314692°N 81.3903976°W |
| Length | 22.6 mi (36 km) |
| Basin | 133 sq mi (344 km2) |
 Reedy Creek and its watershed
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Reedy Creek is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 133 square miles (340 km2) in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. It is 22.6 miles (36.4 km) long, or 38.5 miles (62.0 km) long including its Left Fork.
Reedy Creek is formed in the town of Reedy in northern Roane County by the confluence of its Left Fork and its Right Fork:
From the town of Reedy, the main stem of Reedy Creek flows generally northward into Wirt County, through the community of Lucille; it flows into the Little Kanawha River from the south in the community of Palestine. It is paralleled for most of its length by West Virginia Route 14.
Among Reedy Creek's tributaries are two others with names derived from that of the main stream:
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 79% of the Reedy Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 20% is used for pasture and agriculture.
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