| Chartiers Run Tributary to Chartiers Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Chartiers Run mouth  Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Washington |
| Borough | Houston |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Burgetts Fork divide |
| • location | about 1 mile southwest of Hickory, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°17′16″N 080°19′25″W / 40.28778°N 80.32361°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Chartiers Creek |
• location | Houston, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°14′51″N 080°12′27″W / 40.24750°N 80.20750°W[1] |
• elevation | 950 ft (290 m)[3] |
| Length | 8.53 mi (13.73 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 22.32 square miles (57.8 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Chartiers Creek |
| • average | 24.80 cu ft/s (0.702 m3/s) at mouth with Chartiers Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Chartiers Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico[4] |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Westland Run Plum Run |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Main Street, Donaldson Road, Elm Road, Gulla Lane, Red Fox Road, Old Hickory Ridge Road, Kings Road, Paxton Road, W Pike Street |
Chartiers Run is a tributary of Chartiers Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[6] It was named after Peter Chartier,[7] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.
Chartiers Run joins Chartiers Creek at the borough of Houston.
See also
References
- 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Chartiers Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- 1 2 "Chartiers Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)
- ↑ Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911
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