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Stream in West Virginia, USA
Browns Run
Tributary to Peters Run
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Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyOhio
Physical characteristics
SourceWaddles Run divide
 • locationpond about 2.5 miles northeast of Wheeling, West Virginia
 • coordinates40°05′20″N 080°39′00″W / 40.08889°N 80.65000°W / 40.08889; -80.65000
 • elevation1,160 ft (350 m)
MouthPeters Run
 • locationEden, West Virginia
 • coordinates40°03′59″N 080°38′18″W / 40.06639°N 80.63833°W / 40.06639; -80.63833
 • elevation830 ft (250 m)
Length1.96 mi (3.15 km)
Basin size1.37 square miles (3.5 km)
Discharge 
 • locationPeters Run
 • average1.76 cu ft/s (0.050 m/s) at mouth with Peters Run
Basin features
ProgressionPeters Run → Little Wheeling Creek → Wheeling Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River systemOhio River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesBrowns Run Road (x4), Peters Run Road

Browns Run is a 1.91 mi (3.07 km) long 2nd order tributary to Peters Run in Ohio County, West Virginia.

Variant names

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

  • Brown's Run

Course

Browns Run rises in a pond about 2.5 miles northeast of Wheeling, West Virginia, in Ohio County and then flows southeast to Peters Run at Eden.

Watershed

Browns Run drains 1.37 square miles (3.5 km) of area, receives about 41.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 275.95, and is about 58% forested.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Browns Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Waddles Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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