Reedy Creek is a

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of the

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in western

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in the

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. Via the Little Kanawha and

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rivers, it is part of the watershed of the

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, draining an area of in a rural region on the

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portion of the

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. It is long, or long including its Left Fork. Reedy Creek is formed in the town of Reedy in northern Roane County by the

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of its Left Fork and its Right Fork: *The Left Fork Reedy Creek, long, rises in western Roane County, approximately southwest of Spencer, and flows generally northward, through the community of

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. *The Right Fork Reedy Creek, long, rises in northwestern Roane County and flows generally westward. From the town of Reedy, the main stem of Reedy Creek flows generally northward into

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, through the community of Lucille; it flows into the Little Kanawha River from the south in the community of

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. It is paralleled for most of its length by

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.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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retrieved 2011-03-12. Among Reedy Creek's tributaries are two others with names derived from that of the main stream: *The Middle Fork Reedy Creek, long, is a tributary of the Left Fork. It rises in western Roane County and flows generally north-northeastward, through the community of Peniel, to the town of Reedy, where it flows into the Left Fork approximately upstream of the latter's confluence with the Right Fork. *Right Reedy Creek, long, is formed at the community of Peewee in southwestern Wirt County by the confluence of Enoch Fork, long, and Fulls Fork, long. Right Reedy Creek flows northeastward and flows into Reedy Creek from the east, upstream of Reedy Creek's confluence with the Little Kanawha River. According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 79% of the Reedy Creek watershed is

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ed, mostly

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. Approximately 20% is used for pasture and agriculture.

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