Mechling Run

Stream in West Virginia, USA

40°21′00″N 080°31′42″W / 40.35000°N 80.52833°W / 40.35000; -80.52833^[1] • elevation1,040 ft (320 m)^[2] MouthHarmon Creek

• location

Colliers, West Virginia

• coordinates

40°22′04″N 080°32′26″W / 40.36778°N 80.54056°W / 40.36778; -80.54056^[1]

• elevation

787 ft (240 m)^[3]Length1.77 mi (2.85 km)^[4]Basin size1.76 square miles (4.6 km²)^[5]Discharge • locationHarmons Creek • average2.11 cu ft/s (0.060 m³/s) at mouth with Harmon Creek^[5] Basin featuresProgressionHarmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemOhio RiverTributaries • leftunnamed tributaties • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesRobinson Lane, WV 1

Mechling Run is a 1.77 mi (2.85 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]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

Meckling Run

Course

Mechling Run rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Colliers, West Virginia, and then flows northwest to join Harmon Creek at Colliers.^[3]

Watershed

Mechling Run drains 1.76 square miles (4.6 km²) of area, receives about 40.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 295.76, and is about 83% forested.^[5]

References

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