Buffalo Creek is a tributary of the Monongahela River, 30.2 miles (48.6 km) long, in northern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 125 square miles (320 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The stream's entire course and drainage basin are in Marion County. 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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| - Buffalo Creek is a tributary of the Monongahela River, 30.2 miles (48.6 km) long, in northern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 125 square miles (320 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The stream's entire course and drainage basin are in Marion County. 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. (en)
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| - Tributaries of the Monongahela River
- Barrackville, West Virginia
- Barrackville Covered Bridge
- Allegheny Plateau
- United States
- United States Geological Survey
- Deciduous
- List of rivers of West Virginia
- Mississippi River
- Monongahela River
- Logansport, West Virginia
- Brink, West Virginia
- U.S. Route 250
- West Virginia
- Drainage basin
- Glacier
- Fairmont, West Virginia
- Farmington, West Virginia
- Forest
- Stream gauge
- Rivers of West Virginia
- Tributary
- Mannington, West Virginia
- Marion County, West Virginia
- Fairmont, West Virginia
- Rivers of Marion County, West Virginia
- Pine Grove, Marion County, West Virginia
- Ohio River
- Rachel, West Virginia
- dbr:Pyles_Fork
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| - Buffalo Creek in Mannington in 2010 (en)
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| - Location of the mouth of Buffalo Creek in Fairmont, West Virginia (en)
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| - Buffalo Creek is a tributary of the Monongahela River, 30.2 miles (48.6 km) long, in northern West Virginia, in the United States. Via the Monongahela and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 125 square miles (320 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The stream's entire course and drainage basin are in Marion County. Buffalo Creek rises near Marion County's western boundary, near the community of Brink, and flows generally eastward through the communities of Logansport, Mannington, Rachel, Farmington, Pine Grove, and Barrackville to Fairmont, where it flows into the Monongahela River from the west. Among other tributaries, it collects the 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. (en)
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