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〕 | source_elevation = | source_elevation_imperial = 1522 | source_elevation_note =〔Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.〕 | source_length = | source_length_imperial = | source1_name = | source_meet = | mouth_name = West Fork River | mouth_location = northeastern Harrison County | mouth_location_note = | mouth_elevation = | mouth_elevation_imperial = 902 | mouth_elevation_note =〔 | mouth_lat_d = 39 | mouth_lat_m = 20 | mouth_lat_s = 58 | mouth_lat_NS = N | mouth_long_d = 80 | mouth_long_m = 19 | mouth_long_s = 08 | mouth_long_EW = W | mouth_coordinates_note =〔 | tributary_left = | tributary_left1 = | tributary_right = | tributary_right1 = | map = Simpson Creek WV map.png | map_size = 300 | map_caption = Simpson Creek and its watershed | map_locator = | map_first = }} Simpson Creek is a tributary of the West Fork River, long, in north-central West Virginia in the United States. Via the West Fork, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The stream is believed to have been named by an 18th-century hunter and trapper named John Simpson, who called it "Simpson's Creek." Simpson Creek rises approximately northwest of Philippi in northwestern Barbour County and flows generally northwestwardly through southeastern Taylor County and northeastern Harrison County, passing through the communities of Flemington and Bridgeport; it flows into the West Fork River approximately south-southwest of Shinnston.〔DeLorme (1997). ''West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. pp. 25, 36. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.〕 According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 69% of Simpson Creek's watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 26% is used for pasture and agriculture, and approximately 3% is urban.〔 The water quality of Simpson Creek has been impacted by runoff from mining operations in the region, but conditions have slowly improved in some areas; a section of the creek in Bridgeport was stocked with rainbow trout in 2006. ==Variant spellings== According to the Geographic Names Information System, Simpson Creek has also been known historically as:〔 *Simpson's Creek *Simpsons Creek *Simpsons Crick *Simsons Creek *Simsons Crick 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simpson Creek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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