Buffalo Creek is a tributary of the Monongahela River, long,
in northern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the Monongahela and Ohio River, Ohio rivers, it is part of the drainage basin, watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of
on the glacier, unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The stream's entire course and drainage basin are in Marion County, West Virginia, Marion County.
Buffalo Creek rises near Marion County's western boundary, near the community of Brink, West Virginia, Brink, and flows generally eastward through the communities of Logansport, West Virginia, Logansport, Mannington, West Virginia, Mannington, Rachel, West Virginia, Rachel, Farmington, West Virginia, Farmington, Pine Grove, Marion County, West Virginia, Pine Grove, and Barrackville, West Virginia, Barrackville to Fairmont, West Virginia, Fairmont, where it flows into the Monongahela River from the west. Among other tributaries, it collects the Pyles Fork from the north at Mannington. Downstream of Mannington, the creek is paralleled for much of its course by U.S. Route 250.
According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 84% of the Buffalo Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 14% is used for pasture and agriculture.
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Flow rate
At the United States Geological Survey's stream gauge at Barrackville, upstream of the creek's mouth, the annual mean flow of the river between 1907 and 2012 was 169 cubic feet per second (5 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 10,400 cu ft/s (294 m³/s) on February 19, 2000. The lowest recorded flow was 0 cu ft/s (0 m³/s) for an extended period in 1908.
See also
*List of rivers of West Virginia
*Barrackville Covered Bridge
References
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Rivers of West Virginia
Tributaries of the Monongahela River
Rivers of Marion County, West Virginia
Fairmont, West Virginia