Fields Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[1] It is a tributary of the Kanawha River and flows entirely within Kanawha County, West Virginia.[2][3] It has a watershed area of approximately 12 square miles (31 km2).[2]
Fields Creek was named after Colonel John Fields, a pioneer soldier.[4]
Fields Creek was the site of a February 2014 coal slurry spill from a Patriot Coal facility.[5]
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fields Creek (Kanawha River tributary)
- ^ a b Tetra Tech, Inc. (January 2005). Final Upper Kanawha Watershed TMDL Report: Appendix 6 (PDF) (Report). West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Tetra Tech, Inc. (January 2005). Final Upper Kanawha Watershed TMDL Report (PDF) (Report). West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 241.
- ^ Conlon, Kevin. "Officials: Coal slurry spill blackens 6 miles of West Virginia creek". CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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