| Alexanders Run Tributary to Harmon Creek | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Brooke Hancock |
| City | Weirton Heights |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | unnamed tributary to Kings Creek divide |
| • location | Weirton Heights, West Virginia |
| • coordinates | 40°24′30″N 080°33′11″W / 40.40833°N 80.55306°W / 40.40833; -80.55306 |
| • elevation | 1.090 ft (0.332 m) |
| Mouth | Harmon 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 |
| • elevation | 774 ft (236 m) |
| Length | 3.69 mi (5.94 km) |
| Basin size | 2.95 square miles (7.6 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Harmons Creek |
| • average | 3.42 cu ft/s (0.097 m/s) at mouth with Harmon Creek |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Harmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaties |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Colliers 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.
Course
Alexanders Run rises at Weirton Heights, West Virginia, and then flows south-southwest to join Harmon Creek about 1 mile northwest of Colliers.
Watershed
Alexanders Run drains 2.95 square miles (7.6 km) of area, receives about 40.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 339.87, and is about 59% forested.
See also
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Alexanders Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Alexanders Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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