Barkers Creek is a tributary

Tributary

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 of the Guyandotte River

Guyandotte River

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, 8 miles (12.9 km) long, in southern West Virginia

West Virginia

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 in the United States

United States

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. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio

Ohio River

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 rivers, it is part of the watershed

Drainage basin

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 of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

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, draining an area of 36.85 square miles (95.4 km²) in a rural area on the unglaciated

Glacier

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 portion of the Allegheny Plateau

Allegheny Plateau

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.

Barkers Creek's entire course and drainage area are in southeastern Wyoming County

Wyoming County, West Virginia

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. It rises in the eastern extremity of Wyoming County, near the common boundary of Wyoming, Raleigh

Raleigh County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 79,220 people, 31,793 households, and 22,096 families residing in the county. The population density was 130 people per square mile . There were 35,678 housing units at an average density of 59 per square mile...

, and Mercer

Mercer County, West Virginia

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 counties, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Arista

Arista, West Virginia

Arista is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. Arista is located on West Virginia Route 10 north of Matoaka....

, and flows initially westward, then turns northwestward through the unincorporated communities of Bud

Bud, West Virginia

Bud is an unincorporated census-designated place in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Barkers Creek and West Virginia Route 10. As of the 2010 census, its population was 487....

, Alpoca

Alpoca, West Virginia

Alpoca is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Barkers Creek and West Virginia Route 10....

, and Tralee

Tralee, West Virginia

Tralee is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, along Barkers Creek and West Virginia Route 10....

. It flows into the Guyandotte River from the south, approximately 0.5 mile (0.80467 km) northwest of Tralee and 1 miles (1.6 km) southeast of Itmann

Itmann, West Virginia

Itmann is an unincorporated census-designated place and former mining town located in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, between Pineville and Mullens off of West Virginia Route 16...

. In its lower course the creek is paralleled by West Virginia Route 10.

According to 1992 data from the United States Geological Survey

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, approximately 94% of the Barkers Creek watershed was forested; approximately 2% was used for agriculture; and approximately 2% was used for commercial or mining purposes.