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Smithers Creek
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Smithers Creek in Smithers
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A map of Smithers Creek and its watershed
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Fayette
Physical characteristics
Main source Mount Olive
1,477 ft (450 m)
38°14′18″N 81°14′09″W / 38.2384388°N 81.2359437°W / 38.2384388; -81.2359437
River mouth Kanawha River
Smithers
640 ft (200 m)
38°10′51″N 81°18′38″W / 38.1809390°N 81.3106669°W / 38.1809390; -81.3106669
Length 7 mi (11 km)
Basin features
Basin size 18.1 sq mi (47 km2)
Hydrologic Unit Code 050500060303 (USGS)

Smithers Creek is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 7 miles (11 km) long, in southern 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 18.1 square miles (47 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The creek flows for its entire length in western Fayette County; its tributaries additionally drain a portion of eastern Kanawha County.

Smithers Creek rises in the unincorporated community of Mount Olive and flows generally southwestward through the unincorporated communities of Marting and Cannelton, to the city of Smithers, where it flows into the Kanawha River. The creek is paralleled by a county road for most of its course.

The Geographic Names Information System lists "Smothers Creek," "Smuthers Creek," and "Smythers Creek" as historical variant names for the creek.

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