Henry Fork | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA West Virginia |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Henry Fork in West Virginia |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Roane, Calhoun |
Length: | 21.8miles |
Source1 Location: | southeast of Tariff, southeastern Roane County |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6373°N -81.1676°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1181feet[2] |
Mouth: | West Fork Little Kanawha River |
Mouth Location: | Boundary of Calhoun and Roane counties at Rocksdale |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8434°N -81.2207°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 673feet |
Basin Size: | 91sqmi |
Tributaries Right: | Beech Fork |
The Henry Fork is a tributary of the West Fork Little Kanawha River, 21.8miles long,[3] in west-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the West Fork and the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 91sqmi[4] in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.
The Henry Fork rises southeast of the community of Tariff in southeastern Roane County and flows generally northward, through Tariff and Linden. From the mouth of its tributary the Beech Fork, it flows along the boundary of Roane and Calhoun counties for the remainder of its course, to its mouth at Rocksdale, where it flows into the West Fork from the south.[5]