Patterson Creek

{{Short description|Tributary of the North Branch Potomac River in West Virginia}}

Patterson Creek is a {{convert|51.2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the North Branch Potomac River in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, in the United States.{{GNIS|1544623}} It enters the North Branch east of Cumberland, Maryland, with its headwaters located in Grant County, West Virginia. Patterson Creek is the watershed for two-thirds of Mineral County, West Virginia. The creek passes through Lahmansville, Forman, Medley, Williamsport, Burlington, Headsville, Reeses Mill, Champwood, and Fort Ashby.

History

The creek most likely was named after the local Patterson family.{{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=501;size=125|year=1945|publisher=The Place Name Press|location=Piedmont, WV|page=475}} The place at which Patterson Creek joins the North Branch Potomac River was once known as Patterson Depot.{{cite book|last=Parker, Willis, Bolster, Ashe, & Marsh|first=Horatio N., Bailey, R.H., W.W., & M.C.|title=The Potomac River Basin|url=https://archive.org/details/potomacriverbasi00park/page/223/|year=1907|publisher=Government Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|page=223|access-date=June 23, 2020}}

Infrastructure

=Tributaries=

Mill Creek

=Bridges=

class = "wikitable"

! Bridge

! Route

! Location

align="left" | Rada Road Bridge

| align="left" | Rada Road

| align="left" | 2 miles south of Burlington

align="left" | Northwestern Turnpike Bridge

| align="left" | US 50

| align="left" | Burlington

align="left" | Fort Cocke Bridge

| align="left" | Cabin Run Road

| align="left" | Headsville

align="left" | Camp Minco Bridge

| align="left" | Patterson Creek Road

| align="left" | Camp Minco

align="left" | West Virginia Route 46 Bridge

| align="left" | WV 46

| align="left" | Intersection of WV 46 and Patterson Creek Road

align="left" | George Run Road Bridge

| align="left" | George Run

| align="left" | 5 miles east of Fort Ashby

align="left" | William E. Shuck Memorial Bridge

| align="left" | WV 28

| align="left" | Fort Ashby

align="left" | Low Water Bridge

| align="left" | Dan's Run Road

| align="left" | Patterson Creek

align="left" | B&O Railroad

| align="left" | B&O Main Line

| align="left" | Patterson Creek

Recreation

=Fishing=

Multiple West Virginia stage record fish were caught along the Patterson Creek.{{Cite web |title=West Virginia Fishing Records

|url=https://wvdnr.gov/fishing/state-records/|access-date=August 25, 2024|publisher=West Virginia DNR}}{{Cite web |title=West Virginia Fishing Records |url=https://www.landbigfish.com/staterecords/records.cfm?state=Westvirginia |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=Land Big Fish}}{{Cite web |last=Kirk |first=Sam |date=January 10, 2024 |title=West Virginia DNR creates 5 new state fishing record categories |url=https://www.wvnstv.com/outdoors-wildlife/west-virginia-dnr-creates-5-new-state-fishing-record-categories/?nxsparam=1 |access-date=August 25, 2024 |website=WBOY}}

References

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Category:Rivers of Grant County, West Virginia

Category:Rivers of Mineral County, West Virginia

Category:Rivers of West Virginia

Category:Tributaries of the Potomac River