Alexanders Run
Appearance
Alexanders Run Tributary to Harmon Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Brooke Hancock |
City | Weirton Heights |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Kings Creek divide |
• location | Weirton Heights, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°24′30″N 080°33′11″W / 40.40833°N 80.55306°W[1] |
• elevation | 1.090 ft (0.332 m)[2] |
Mouth | Harmon Creek |
• location | about 1 mile northwest of Colliers, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°22′30″N 080°31′34″W / 40.37500°N 80.52611°W[1] |
• elevation | 774 ft (236 m)[3] |
Length | 3.69 mi (5.94 km)[4] |
Basin size | 2.95 square miles (7.6 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Harmons Creek |
• average | 3.42 cu ft/s (0.097 m3/s) at mouth with Harmon Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Harmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Ohio River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaties |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Colliers Steel Road (x3) |
Alexanders Run is a 3.69 mi (5.94 km) long 1st order tributary to Harmon Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this names in the United States.[1]
Course
Alexanders Run rises at Weirton Heights, West Virginia, and then flows south-southwest to join Harmon Creek about 1 mile northwest of Colliers.[3]
Watershed
Alexanders Run drains 2.95 square miles (7.6 km2) of area, receives about 40.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 339.87, and is about 59% forested.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Alexanders Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Alexanders Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.