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Roaring Creek (Tygart Valley River tributary)

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(Redirected from Roaring Creek (Tygart Valley River)) Stream in Randolph County, West Virginia, U.S. Not to be confused with Roaring Creek in adjacent Pendleton County, a tributary of Seneca Creek and the Potomac River.

Roaring Creek is a stream in Randolph County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is a tributary of the Tygart Valley, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. It rises on the western slopes of Rich Mountain and flows for approximately 13 miles to join the Tygart about 2 miles downstream of Aggregates and 4 miles downstream of Elkins.

Roaring Creek was descriptively named on account of its audibly turbulent waters. At suitable water levels the 5 miles from Coalton to the confluence with the Tygart is a class III to V whitewater run.

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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 / 38.93639°N 79.95083°W / 38.93639; -79.95083


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