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Girty Run

Coordinates: 40°11′08″N 80°39′47″W / 40.18556°N 80.66306°W / 40.18556; -80.66306
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Girty Run
Tributary to Short Creek
Map of Girty Run mouth location
Map of Girty Run mouth location
Location of Girty Run mouth
Map of Girty Run mouth location
Map of Girty Run mouth location
Girty Run (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyBrooke
CityShort Creek
Physical characteristics
SourceHogtan Run divide
 • locationpond about 2.5 miles east of Windsor Heights, West Virginia
 • coordinates40°11′31″N 080°37′43″W / 40.19194°N 80.62861°W / 40.19194; -80.62861[1]
 • elevation1,110 ft (340 m)[2]
MouthOhio River
 • location
Short Creek, West Virginia
 • coordinates
40°11′08″N 80°39′47″W / 40.18556°N 80.66306°W / 40.18556; -80.66306[1]
 • elevation
659 ft (201 m)[3]
Length2.07 mi (3.33 km)[4]
Basin size2.75 square miles (7.1 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationShort Creek
 • average3.22 cu ft/s (0.091 m3/s) at mouth with Short Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionShort CreekOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemOhio River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightNewlands Run
BridgesBg Lane, Simon Lane, Wainwright Street

Girty Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.[6]

Girty Run most likely has the name of Simon Girty (1741–1818), an American colonial.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Girty Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Girty Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Girty 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. 268.