title: Little Wheeling Creek
text: # Little Wheeling Creek
  
  Little Wheeling Creek is a 5.37 mi (8.64 km) long 4th order tributary to Wheeling Creek in Ohio County, West Virginia.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Middle Wheeling Creek
  
  ## Course
  
  Little Wheeling Creek rises about 0.25 miles northwest of West Alexander, Pennsylvania, in Washington County and then flows southwest into Ohio County, West Virginia to Wheeling Creek at Wheeling.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Little Wheeling Creek drains 62.2 square miles (161 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 41.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 293.17, and is about 63% forested.
  
  