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Opequon Creek
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This 64-mile creek starts in Frederick County, Virginia, and enters the Potomac near Martinsburg, West Virginia. The creek forms part of the boundary between two counties in Virginia (Frederick and Clarke) and also between Berkeley and Jefferson County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Opequon Creek has long shaped the cultural and ecological landscape of Virginia?s Shenandoah Valley and West Virginia?s Eastern Panhandle. Flowing roughly 35 miles from the foot of Great North Mountain in Frederick County, Virginia, to its confluence with the Potomac northeast of Martinsburg, the creek historically served as a boundary between counties and was known to both Indigenous peoples and early settlers as the Opequon River. Its watershed--about 200 square miles in the lower West Virginia portion--supports a mix of forest, agriculture, and growing residential areas, making it a focal point in regional Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. Modern conservation groups, including the Opequon Creek Project Team and Opequon Watershed Inc., work to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution, restore riparian buffers, and protect wetlands such as the Abrams Creek Preserve.
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West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
22288 Northwestern Pike
Romney WV 26757
304-822-7266
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