Sandy Creek is a
tributary of the
Ohio River
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in western
West Virginia in the
United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the
watershed
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* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
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of the
Mississippi River, draining an area of
on the
unglaciated portion of the
Allegheny Plateau. The creek is long, or including its Left Fork.
Sandy Creek is formed in north-central
Jackson County by the confluence of its left and right forks:
*The Left Fork Sandy Creek,
[ long,][ rises south of the community of Rockport in extreme southeastern Wood County, and flows south-southwestward through the western extremity of ]Wirt County
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into Jackson County, through the communities of Wiseburg, Lockhart, Drift Run, Odaville, and Sandyville. The Left Fork is paralleled for most of its course by the former U.S. Route 21
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(now a county highway).[ long,][ rises approximately west-southwest of Reedy in northwestern Roane County and flows generally westward into Jackson County, through the communities of Liverpool, ]LeRoy
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, Duncan
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, and Jones Crossing.[
From the confluence of the left and right forks south of Sandyville, Sandy Creek flows west-northwestward, through the community of Silverton to Ravenswood, where it flows into the Ohio River from the east.][
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 80% of the Sandy Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 19% is used for pasture and agriculture, and less than 1% is urban.][
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as Big Sandy Creek and as Buffalo Creek.][ A 1906 report of the West Virginia Department of Archives transcribes the name in an unspecified Native American language as ''Mol-chu-con-ic-kon.'']
See also
* List of West Virginia rivers
References
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Rivers of Jackson County, West Virginia
Rivers of West Virginia
Tributaries of the Ohio River