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Addis Run

Coordinates: 39°11′06″N 081°09′41″W / 39.18500°N 81.16139°W / 39.18500; -81.16139
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Addis Run
Tributary to North Fork Hughes River
Map of Addis Run mouth location
Map of Addis Run mouth location
Location of Addis Run mouth
Map of Addis Run mouth location
Map of Addis Run mouth location
Addis Run (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyRitchie
Physical characteristics
SourceThird Run divide
 • locationabout 2 miles southwest of Harrisville, West Virginia
 • coordinates39°10′50″N 081°04′57″W / 39.18056°N 81.08250°W / 39.18056; -81.08250[1]
 • elevation960 ft (290 m)[2]
MouthNorth Fork Hughes River
 • location
about 1 mile northeast of Riverside, West Virginia
 • coordinates
39°11′06″N 081°09′41″W / 39.18500°N 81.16139°W / 39.18500; -81.16139[1]
 • elevation
663 ft (202 m)[3]
Length4.70 mi (7.56 km)[4]
Basin size4.89 square miles (12.7 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationNorth Fork Hughes River
 • average7.03 cu ft/s (0.199 m3/s) at mouth with North Fork Hughes River[5]
Basin features
ProgressionNorth Fork Hughes River → Hughes RiverLittle Kanawha RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemOhio River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesWV 31, Buttercup Lane, Bias Road, Pew Hill Road, Moneypenny Lane

Addis Run is a tributary stream of the Hughes River in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[6]

Addis Run has the name of a local landowner.[7] This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

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Addis Run rises about 2 miles southwest of Harrisville, West Virginia, in Ritchie County and then flows generally west to join North Fork Hughes River about 1 mile northeast of Riverside.[3]

Watershed

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Addis Run drains 4.89 square miles (12.7 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 258.50, and is about 89% forested.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Addis Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Addis Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Addis Run
  7. ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 73.