Worthington Creek

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| name = Worthington Creek

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| image = Worthington Creek WV.jpg

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| image_caption = Worthington Creek in Parkersburg in 2010

| map = Worthington Creek map.png

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| map_caption = Worthington Creek and its watershed in Wood County, West Virginia

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = West Virginia

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Wood

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| length = {{convert|15.4|mi|km|abbr=on}}

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| source1_location = south of Waverly

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|39.2797976|-81.3467838|display=inline}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1553519}} |title=Geographic Names Information System entry for Worthington Creek (Feature ID #1553519) |author=Geographic Names Information System |authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2011-10-13}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|906|ft|abbr=on}}Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2011-03-07.

| mouth = Little Kanawha River

| mouth_location = Parkersburg

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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|587|ft|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|35|sqmi|abbr=on}}

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Worthington Creek is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, {{convert|15.4|mi|km}} long,{{cite web |url=http://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05030203&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= |title=Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results: Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008, West Virginia, Little Kanawha Watershed |author=United States Environmental Protection Agency |authorlink=United States Environmental Protection Agency |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031164204/https://iaspub.epa.gov/waters10/attains_watershed.control?p_state=WV&p_huc=05030203&p_cycle=2008&p_report_type= |archivedate=2021-10-31 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-10-13}} in western West Virginia in the United States. Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of {{convert|35|sqmi|km2}}{{cite web |url= http://www.dep.state.wv.us/watershed/w5030203.html |title= Little Kanawha River |author= West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection |accessdate= 2011-10-13 |work= Watershed Atlas Project |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050404071851/http://www.dep.state.wv.us/watershed/w5030203.html |archivedate= 2005-04-04 |url-status= dead }} in the city of Parkersburg and its vicinity.

Worthington Creek flows for its entire length in northern Wood County. It rises approximately {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of Waverly and flows generally southwestward to Parkersburg, where it flows into the Little Kanawha River from the north,{{cite book| title= West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1997 |publisher= DeLorme |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-246-3 |page= 22}} approximately {{convert|1.9|mi|km}} upstream of the Little Kanawha River's mouth.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], retrieved 2011-03-12.

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 68% of the Worthington Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 23% is used for pasture and agriculture, and approximately 9% is developed.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Worthington Creek has also been known by the name "Worthingtons Creek."