For the stream in West Virginia, see Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)

Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)

Wheeling Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, 25 miles long, in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States, with a watershed extending into southwestern Pennsylvania. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of...

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Wheeling Creek is a tributary

Tributary

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 of the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

, 30.2 miles (48.6 km) long, in eastern Ohio

Ohio

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 in the United States

United States

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. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed

Drainage basin

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 of the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

, draining an area of 108 square miles (279.7 km²) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau

Allegheny Plateau

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. It flows for its entire length in Belmont County

Belmont County, Ohio

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; its tributaries also drain small areas of south-eastern Harrison County and south-western Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Ohio

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Wheeling Creek rises in Flushing Township just east of the community of Flushing

Flushing, Ohio

Flushing is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 900 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Flushing is located at ....

, and flows generally east through Union

Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Union Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,151 people in the township, 1,852 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Wheeling

Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Wheeling Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,477 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, Richland

Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Richland Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,571 people in the township, 8,514 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

, Colerain

Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio

Colerain Township is one of the sixteen townships of Belmont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...

, and Pease Townships, past the communities of Lafferty

Lafferty, Ohio

Lafferty is a census-designated place in northeastern Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43951...

, Bannock

Bannock, Ohio

Bannock is a census-designated place in northwestern Richland Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43972. It lies along State Route 331....

, Fairpoint

Fairpoint, Ohio

Fairpoint is an unincorporated community in eastern Wheeling Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43927. It lies along State Route 9....

, Maynard

Maynard, Ohio

Maynard is an unincorporated community in western Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43937....

, Barton

Barton, Ohio

Barton is an unincorporated community in southern Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43905....

, Blaine

Blaine, Ohio

Blaine is an unincorporated community in northern Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43909....

, Lansing

Lansing, Ohio

Lansing is a census-designated place in northern Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States, along Wheeling Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43934....

, and Brookside

Brookside, Ohio

Brookside is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 644 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Brookside is located at ....

, to Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Ohio

Bridgeport is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,831 at the 2010 census...

, where it flows into the Ohio River from the west, just upstream of the mouth of West Virginia

West Virginia

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's Wheeling Creek

Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)

Wheeling Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, 25 miles long, in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States, with a watershed extending into southwestern Pennsylvania. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of...

 on the opposite bank. The National Road

National Road

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 (U.S. Route 40

U.S. Route 40

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) parallels the stream between Bridgeport and Blaine.

Flow rate

The United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

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 operates a stream gauge

Stream gauge

A stream gauge, stream gage or gauging station is a location used by hydrologists or environmental scientists to monitor and test terrestrial bodies of water. Hydrometric measurements of water surface elevation and/or volumetric discharge are generally taken and observations of biota may also be...

 on the creek downstream of Blaine, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) upstream of the creek's mouth. Between 1984 and 2005, the annual mean flow of the creek at the gauge was 115 cubic feet per second (3 m³/s). The creek's highest flow during the period was 8,500 ft³/s (241 m³/s) on September 17, 2004. The lowest recorded flow was 7 ft³/s (0.2 m³/s) on September 21, 1985.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System

Geographic Names Information System

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, Wheeling Creek has also been known historically as:

• Indian Wheeling Creek
• Scalp Creek
• Spit Head Creek
• Spithead Creek

External links

• USGS Real-Time Water Data for Wheeling Creek below Blaine