Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area

Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area
Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
	Dunkard Fork Lake
	Location of Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area in West Virginia
Location	Marshall, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates	39°57′08″N 80°31′27″W
Area	470 acres (190 ha)
Elevation	835 ft (255 m)
Operator	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Dunkard Fork Wildlife Management Area is located on 470 acres (190 ha) in Marshall County near Moundsville, West Virginia. Mixed hardwoods cover most of the former Jacob Crow (1815-1901) (later C.C. Mooney [d. 1970] farm, site, whose major focus is a flood control lake on Dunkard Fork Wheeling Creek. The rolling terrain is punctuated with a few highwalls and ponds. Dunkard Fork WMA is located in northeast Marshall County along the Pennsylvania line on County Route 15. Construction of the dam was originally slated for a location upstream, but was later moved into West Virginia. Construction was underway by 1991 and the Jacob Crow farm was ruined. Archeological digs were conducted and photographs taken to document the site before the structures were razed.

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