page_title: Elk Creek (West Virginia)
hierarchical_section_title: Elk Creek (West Virginia)
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of Elk Creek and its watershed (USGS HUC-12 codes 050200020201, 050200020202, 050200020203 and 050200020204), in Harrison, Barbour, and Upshur counties, West Virginia.
context_page_description: Elk Creek is a tributary of the West Fork River, 29 miles long, in north-central West Virginia, USA. Via the West Fork, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 121 square miles on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The stream is believed to have been named by an 18th-century trapper and hunter named John Simpson, who encountered herds of elk along the stream.
context_section_description: Elk Creek is a tributary of the West Fork River, 29 miles (47 km) long, in north-central West Virginia, USA.  Via the West Fork, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 121 square miles (310 km²) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.  The stream is believed to have been named by an 18th-century trapper and hunter named John Simpson, who encountered herds of elk along the stream.
caption: Elk Creek and its watershed
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