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The Dry Fork is a 39.1-mile-long (62.9 km) [2] tributary of the Black Fork of the Cheat River in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA.Via the Black Fork, the Cheat, and the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
Climate change in West Virginia is an ongoing concern. Most of the state has warmed one-half to one degree Fahrenheit (0.28–0.56 °C) in the last century, and heavy rainstorms are becoming more frequent. [ 1 ]
The environment of West Virginia encompasses terrain and ecosystems ranging from plateaus to mountains. Most of West Virginia lies within the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion , while the higher elevations along the eastern border and in the panhandle lie within the Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests .
Get the New Cumberland, WV local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The quality of the surface water resources of the New River has been studied in recent years by both the State of West Virginia and New River Gorge Park Resource Management staff. Data from these studies suggest the presence of metals, organic contaminants and influx of raw sewage are common in many tributaries of the New River.
A USGS stream gauge on the creek near Richwood recorded a mean annual discharge of 233.6 cu ft/s (6.61 m 3 /s) during water years 1945-2019. The highest annual mean discharge during the period was 318 cu ft/s (9.0 m 3 /s) in water year 1979, and the lowest was 126.2 cu ft/s (3.57 m 3 /s) in water year 1999.
"USGS Current Conditions for USGS 03183500 GREENBRIER RIVER AT ALDERSON, WV". waterdata.usgs.gov Retrieved 2016-11-24 . The Secret World of Greenbrier Valley: Agricultural Runoff and Water Quality, Robert Bowers, Nov–Dec. 2001, Stormwater Journal: The Journal for Surface Water Quality Professionals
This map of United States water resource subregion hydrologic units updated boundaries to include the ocean as well as the portions of the basins that cross international borders For the use of hydrologists, ecologists, and water-resource managers in the study of surface water flows in the United States, the United States Geological Survey ...