The Slab Fork is a

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of the

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, long, in southern

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in the

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. Via the Guyandotte and

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rivers, it is part of the watershed of the

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, draining an area of in a mainly rural area on the

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portion of the

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. The Slab Fork rises in Raleigh County, approximately south of

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and west of Sophia, and initially flows generally southwestward through the communities of Slab Fork and

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into eastern Wyoming County, where it turns southward and flows through the communities of Maben,

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, and Otsego, to the city of Mullens, where it flows into the Guyandotte River from the north. Between Slab Fork and Mullens, the stream is paralleled by West Virginia Route 54. According to 1992 data from the

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, approximately 95% of the Slab Fork watershed was forested; approximately 2% was used for agriculture; and approximately 1% was used for commercial or mining purposes.

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{{authority control Rivers of West Virginia Tributaries of the Guyandotte River Rivers of Raleigh County, West Virginia Rivers of Wyoming County, West Virginia

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