Witcher Creek

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| name = Witcher Creek

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| image = Witcher Creek WV.jpg

| image_size = 300

| image_caption = Witcher Creek in Witcher

| map = Witcher_Creek_WV_map.png

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| map_caption = A map of Witcher Creek and its watershed

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = West Virginia

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Kanawha

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| length = {{convert|6.8|mi|km|abbr=on}}

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| source1_location = west-northwest of Mammoth

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|38.2751026|-81.4017825|display=inline}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1549259}} |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Witcher Creek (Feature ID #1549259) |author=Geographic Names Information System |authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2013-11-17}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1485|ft|abbr=on}}The National Map elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved 2013-11-17.

| mouth = Kanawha River

| mouth_location = between Diamond and Belle

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|38.2198244|-81.5262290|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|591|ft|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|20.8|sqmi|abbr=on}}

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| custom_data = 050500060401 (USGS)

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Witcher Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, {{convert|6.8|mi|km}} long,{{cite web |url=http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05050006&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= |title=West Virginia, Upper Kanawha Watershed |author=United States Environmental Protection Agency |authorlink=United States Environmental Protection Agency |accessdate=2013-11-18 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233412/http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05050006&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= |url-status=dead |archivedate=2013-12-02}} in West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of {{convert|20.8|sqmi|km2}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data for Witcher Creek watershed, 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 050500060401. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], retrieved 2013-11-18 on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Witcher Creek flows for its entire length in eastern Kanawha County. It rises approximately {{convert|1.7|mi|km}} west-northwest of Mammoth and flows southwestward through the unincorporated community of Witcher. It flows into the Kanawha River approximately {{convert|0.7|mi|km}} southwest of Witcher, between the town of Belle and the unincorporated community of Diamond. The creek is paralleled by a county road for much of its course.{{cite book| title= West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1997 |publisher= DeLorme |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-246-3 |page= 52}}

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Witcher Creek has also been known historically by the variant name “Witchers Creek.”