Sappingtons Run

Stream in West Virginia, USA
40°22′09″N 080°34′21″W / 40.36917°N 80.57250°W / 40.36917; -80.57250[1] • elevation1.140 ft (0.347 m)[2] MouthHarmon Creek
 • location
Weirton, West Virginia
 • coordinates
40°23′23″N 080°34′07″W / 40.38972°N 80.56861°W / 40.38972; -80.56861[1]
 • elevation
725 ft (221 m)[3]Length2.31 mi (3.72 km)[4]Basin size2.08 square miles (5.4 km2)[5]Discharge  • locationHarmons Creek • average2.40 cu ft/s (0.068 m3/s) at mouth with Harmon Creek[5] Basin featuresProgressionHarmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemOhio RiverTributaries  • leftunnamed tributaties • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesMorton Hill Road, WV 1, Three Arches Road

Sappingtons Run is a 2.31 mi (3.72 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

Sappingtons Run rises about 2 miles west of Colliers, West Virginia, and then flows north and northeast to join Harmon Creek at Weirton.[3]

Watershed

Sappingtons Run drains 2.08 square miles (5.4 km2) of area, receives about 40.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 300.63, and is about 76% forested.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Sappingtons 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 "Sappingtons Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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