Sappingtons Run
Appearance
Sappingtons Run Tributary to Harmon Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Brooke |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Harmon Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles west of Colliers, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°22′09″N 080°34′21″W / 40.36917°N 80.57250°W[1] |
• elevation | 1.140 ft (0.347 m)[2] |
Mouth | Harmon Creek |
• location | Weirton, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°23′23″N 080°34′07″W / 40.38972°N 80.56861°W[1] |
• elevation | 725 ft (221 m)[3] |
Length | 2.31 mi (3.72 km)[4] |
Basin size | 2.08 square miles (5.4 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Harmons Creek |
• average | 2.40 cu ft/s (0.068 m3/s) at mouth with Harmon Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Harmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Ohio River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaties |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Morton 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Sappingtons 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 "Sappingtons Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 7 June 2021.