Shavers Fork

Catchment area of ​​the Monongahela River, Shavers Fork highlighted.

Shavers Fork in the Stuart Recreation Area in the Monongahela National Forest

Shavers Fork in Parsons, West Virginia

He belongs to the catchment area of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 554 km ². About Cheat River, Monongahela River and Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 554 km ² in a mostly wooded, rural area.

Geography

The Shavers Fork rises in the north of Pocahontas County at Thorny Flat, the highest peak on Cheat Mountain, at 1478 meters above sea level. Most of his river course through the Monongahela National Forest. 97 % of the watershed is forested and two-thirds in the public domain.

The river is at its upper reaches the highest river in the eastern United States. There is also the ghost town of Spruce. Then it flows to the northeast by Randolph County and Tucker County. Here, the river valley is located in a trough between the Cheat Mountain in the west and Shavers Mountain in the east.

Among the settlements on the river include Cheat Bridge, Bemis, Bowden and Porter Wood. Together with the Black Fork at Parsons he is at a height of 494 m the Cheat River.

Hydrology

The United States Geological Survey maintains in Bowden, 26.4 miles above the mouth, a level. The mean annual runoff at this point is 14.6 m³ / s The highest ever measured value was 650 m³ / s achieved on 19 November 2003.

The average discharge amount at the station further upstream in Cheat Bridge to 5.3 m³ / s

Alternative names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System of the USGS are available for the Shavers Fork a number of previous different name:

• Chavers Fork
• Main Cheat River
• Shafer's Fork
• Shaffer Fork of Cheat River
• Shaver 's Fork
• Shavers Fork River
• Shavers Fork of Cheat River