Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)


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
Tributary to Chartiers Creek
Map of Chartiers Run mouth location
Map of Chartiers Run mouth location
Location of Chartiers Run mouth
Map of Chartiers Run mouth location
Map of Chartiers Run mouth location
Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWashington
BoroughHouston
Physical characteristics
SourceBurgetts Fork divide
 • locationabout 1 mile southwest of Hickory, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates40°17′16″N 080°19′25″W / 40.28778°N 80.32361°W / 40.28778; -80.32361[1]
 • elevation1,200 ft (370 m)[2]
MouthChartiers Creek
 • location
Houston, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
40°14′51″N 080°12′27″W / 40.24750°N 80.20750°W / 40.24750; -80.20750[1]
 • elevation
950 ft (290 m)[3]
Length8.53 mi (13.73 km)[4]
Basin size22.32 square miles (57.8 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationChartiers Creek
 • average24.80 cu ft/s (0.702 m3/s) at mouth with Chartiers Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionChartiers CreekOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico[4]
River systemOhio River
Tributaries 
 • leftWestland Run
Plum Run
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesMain Street, Donaldson Road, Elm Road, Gulla Lane, Red Fox Road, Old Hickory Ridge Road, Kings Road, Paxton Road, W Pike Street

Chartiers Run joins Chartiers Creek at the borough of Houston.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Chartiers Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Chartiers Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)
  7. ^ 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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