The Cheat River is formed at Parsons by the confluence of the Shavers Fork and the Black Fork.

Cheat Mountain follows the western side of Shavers Fork from Thorny Flat in Pocahontas County north to near Parsons in Tucker County.

Spruce was settled in 1902 along Shavers Fork of Cheat River.

It is positioned in the bowl shaped convergence of two mountains, Cheat and Back Allegheny, at the head of the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.

The eastern flank, overlooking the valley of Shavers Fork, is more remote.

Shavers Fork of the Cheat River is situated in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA.

Shavers Fork, via the Cheat, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 214 mi2 (554 km2).

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Shavers Fork has also been known historically as:

The track was also extended to a valley near the town of Spruce, at a bend in the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.

It is located near U.S. Route 250's crossing of Shavers Fork.