Roaring Creek (Tygart Valley River tributary)

Roaring Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of the Tygart Valley River. It rises on the western slopes of Rich Mountain, flows for approximately 13 miles, and joins the Tygart about 2 miles downstream of Aggregates, West Virginia.

Roaring Creek was descriptively named on account of its roaring waters.[2] At suitable water levels the 5 miles from Coalton to the confluence is a class III to V whitewater run.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roaring Creek (Tygart Valley River tributary)
  2. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 535.
  3. American Whitewater River Tools, retrieved 2019-12-18

38°56′11″N 79°57′03″W



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.