Barkers Creek

{{for|the locality in Australia|Barkers Creek, Victoria}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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| name = Barkers Creek

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| map_caption = Barkers Creek and its watershed in Wyoming County, West Virginia.

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = West Virginia

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| subdivision_name3 = Wyoming

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| length = {{convert|8.0|mi|km|abbr=on}}

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| source1_location = eastern Wyoming County

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|37.5145603|-81.2278771|display=inline}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1535239}} |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Barkers Creek (Feature ID #1535239) |author=Geographic Names Information System |authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2011-10-20}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|3477|ft|abbr=on}}Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.

| mouth = Guyandotte River

| mouth_location = northwest of Tralee

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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|1381|ft|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|36.85|sqmi|abbr=on}}

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Barkers Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, {{convert|8|mi|km}} long,{{cite web|url=http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05070101&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= |title=Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results: Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008, West Virginia, Upper Guyandotte Watershed |author=United States Environmental Protection Agency |authorlink=United States Environmental Protection Agency |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121212011132/http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05070101&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= |archivedate=2012-12-12 |accessdate=2011-10-20 |url-status=dead }} in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of {{convert|36.85|sqmi|km2}} in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.{{cite web|url=http://www.ugwawv.org/downloads/UG_WBP_07_06.pdf |title=Upper Guyandotte River |author=Upper Guyandotte Watershed Association |date=February 2006 |accessdate=2011-10-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727095149/http://www.ugwawv.org/downloads/UG_WBP_07_06.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead |df= }}

Barkers Creek's entire course and drainage area are in southeastern Wyoming County. It rises in the eastern extremity of Wyoming County, near the common boundary of Wyoming, Raleigh, and Mercer counties, approximately {{convert|3|mi|km}} northeast of Arista, and flows initially westward, then turns northwestward through the unincorporated communities of Bud, Alpoca, and Tralee. It flows into the Guyandotte River from the south, approximately {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} northwest of Tralee and {{convert|1|mi|km}} southeast of Itmann. In its lower course the creek is paralleled by West Virginia Route 10.{{cite book| title= West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1997 |publisher= DeLorme |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-246-3 |pages= 58–59}}

According to 1992 data from the United States Geological Survey, approximately 94% of the Barkers Creek watershed was forested; approximately 2% was used for agriculture; and approximately 2% was used for commercial or mining purposes.