Huff Creek (West Virginia)

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| name = Huff Creek

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| map = Huff Creek WV map.png

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| map_caption = Huff Creek and its watershed in Logan and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia.

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the river mouth in 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, Logan

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| length = {{convert|21.2|mi|km|abbr=on}}

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| source1_location = northwest of Kopperston

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|37.7764993|-81.5837203|display=inline}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1540551}} |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Huff Creek (Feature ID #1540551) |author=Geographic Names Information System |authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|2549|ft|abbr=on}}Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on October 23, 2011.

| mouth = Guyandotte River

| mouth_location = Huff Junction

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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|735|ft|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|52|sqmi|abbr=on}}

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Huff Creek is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, {{convert|21.2|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=December 12, 2012 |accessdate=October 23, 2011 |url-status=live }} 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|52|sqmi|km2}}{{cite web |url= http://www.dep.state.wv.us/watershed/w5070101.html |title= Upper Guyandotte River |author= West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection |accessdate=October 23, 2011 |work= Watershed Atlas Project |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050405023313/http://www.dep.state.wv.us/watershed/w5070101.html |archivedate=April 5, 2005 }} in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The creek was named after Peter Huff, an early settler.{{cite book|last=Kenny|first=Hamill|title=West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015009099824;view=1up;seq=344;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=316}}

Huff Creek rises in northern Wyoming County, approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} northwest of Kopperston, and flows generally westward through the unincorporated communities of Lacoma, Cyclone, and Campus in Wyoming County; and Gillman Bottom, Claypool, Mineral City, Davin, and Mallory in Logan County, to Huff Junction, where it flows into the Guyandotte River from the east, approximately {{convert|1|mi|km}} southeast of the town of Man. Downstream from Lacoma, 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= 57–58}}

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 97% of the Huff Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous.