Alexanders Run

Stream in West Virginia, USA
40°24′30″N 080°33′11″W / 40.40833°N 80.55306°W / 40.40833; -80.55306[1] • elevation1.090 ft (0.332 m)[2] MouthHarmon 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 / 40.37500; -80.52611[1]
 • elevation
774 ft (236 m)[3]Length3.69 mi (5.94 km)[4]Basin size2.95 square miles (7.6 km2)[5]Discharge  • locationHarmons Creek • average3.42 cu ft/s (0.097 m3/s) at mouth with Harmon Creek[5] Basin featuresProgressionHarmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemOhio RiverTributaries  • leftunnamed tributaties • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesColliers 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 name 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

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Alexanders Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Alexanders Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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