Kimlin Run

Stream in West Virginia, USA

40°14′11″N 080°37′18″W / 40.23639°N 80.62167°W / 40.23639; -80.62167^[1] • elevation1.040 ft (0.317 m)^[2] MouthBuffalo Creek

• location

about 0.25 miles south of McKinleyville, West Virginia

• coordinates

40°14′15″N 080°36′06″W / 40.23750°N 80.60167°W / 40.23750; -80.60167^[1]

• elevation

705 ft (215 m)^[2]Length1.03 mi (1.66 km)^[3]Basin size0.54 square miles (1.4 km²)^[4]Discharge • locationBuffalo Creek • average0.66 cu ft/s (0.019 m³/s) at mouth with Buffalo Creek^[4] Basin featuresProgressionBuffalo Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemOhio RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaties • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesWV 67/2

Kimlin Run is a 1.03 mi (1.66 km) long 1st order tributary to Buffalo Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Course

Kimlin Run rises about 1 mile west of McKinleyville, West Virginia, and then flows east to join Buffalo Creek about 0.25 miles south of McKinleyville.^[2]

Watershed

Kimlin Run drains 0.54 square miles (1.4 km²) of area, receives about 40.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 279.16, and is about 85% forested.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "GNIS Detail - Kimlin Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kimlin Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 May 2021.