What is "clear fork"

The Clear Fork (also known as the Clear Fork River or Clear Fork Creek) is a stream draining part of the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee. It is a tributary of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River. By that river, the Cumberland River, and the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

The Clear Fork rises on the Cumberland Plateau in southern Fentress County, Tennessee. It is composed of two major components, the North Prong and the South Prong, and numerous smaller tributaries. The North Prong drains an area adjacent to and east of U.S. Highway 127. The South Prong is slightly further east; it and its tributaries form an important portion of the border between Fentress County and Morgan County.

The former English settlement of Rugby, Tennessee, promoted in the late 19th century as a settlement for the "second sons" of English nobility who did not receive hereditary peerages, is located on the Plateau above the Clear Fork valley; swimming in its pools provided the "Rugby Colony" with an important recreational diversion. The stream crosses into Scott County through an oil field developed by the petroleum industry and reaches its confluence with the New River. From this point the combined stream is known as the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River; the upper reaches of the stream are the focal point of a National Recreation Area.

Clear Fork may refer to a location in the United States:

• Clear Fork (Big South Fork Cumberland River) in Tennessee
• Clear Fork (Cumberland River) in Kentucky and Tennessee
• Clear Fork (Guyandotte River), a tributary of the Guyandotte River, in West Virginia
• Clear Fork, West Virginia, a town
• Clear Fork (Oregon), a stream in the U.S. state of Oregon
• Clear Fork Mohican River in Ohio
• Clear Fork Brazos River in Texas
• Clear Fork Junction, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in McDowell County, West Virginia

The Clear Fork is a tributary of the Cumberland River in Kentucky and Tennessee. By the Cumberland and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

The Clear Fork rises in Bell County, Kentucky, just north of the Tennessee state line. It flows west-southwest, crossing into Claiborne County, Tennessee, and passing the village of Clairfield. Turning more to the northwest, it crosses into Whitley County, Kentucky, and continues to the Cumberland River just east of Williamsburg.

The river is paralleled by Tennessee State Route 90 for much of its upper course, then by U.S. Route 25W and Tennessee State Route 9 to the Kentucky border. In Kentucky, the river valley is used by U.S. Route 25W and Interstate 75.

Clear Fork is a stream in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in Clackamas County.

The Clear Fork is a tributary of the Guyandotte River, long, in southern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Guyandotte and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a rural area on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The Clear Fork flows for its entire length in Wyoming County; its tributary the Laurel Fork also drains a small area of western Raleigh County.

The Clear Fork rises in northern Wyoming County, approximately west of Bolt, and flows generally southwestward through the communities of Crany, Toney Fork, Oceana, Lillyhaven, Lillydale, Clear Fork, and Sun Hill. It flows into the Guyandotte River from the east, to the southeast of the community of Simon in the R.D. Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area. The stream is paralleled by West Virginia Route 85 between Toney Fork and Oceana; by West Virginia Route 10 from Oceana to north of Lillyhaven; and by West Virginia Route 971 between the Lillyhaven vicinity and Clear Fork.