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Little Wheeling Creek is a long 4th order tributary to Wheeling Creek in
Ohio County, West Virginia Ohio County is a county located in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia, and forms part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,425. Its county seat is Wheeling. The county was f ...
.


Variant names

According to the
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, it has also been known historically as: * Middle Wheeling Creek


Course

Little Wheeling Creek rises about 0.25 miles northwest of
West Alexander, Pennsylvania West Alexander is a census-designated place in Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and formerly a borough in Washington County. Located less than a mile east of the border with West Virginia, the population was 604 at the 2010 ce ...
, in Washington County and then flows southwest into
Ohio County, West Virginia Ohio County is a county located in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia, and forms part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,425. Its county seat is Wheeling. The county was f ...
to Wheeling Creek at Wheeling.


Watershed

Little Wheeling Creek drains of area, receives about 41.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 293.17, and is about 63% forested.


See also

*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''E ...
*
List of rivers of West Virginia This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exc ...


References

{{authority control Rivers of Washington County, Pennsylvania Rivers of Ohio County, West Virginia Rivers of Pennsylvania Rivers of West Virginia Tributaries of Wheeling Creek (West Virginia)