Girty Run

Stream in West Virginia, USA

40°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 featuresProgressionShort Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemOhio RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaries • rightNewlands RunBridgesBg 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]

References

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