Broad Run (Loudoun County, Virginia)

Broad Run
Broad Run
	Broad Run passes through an increasingly suburbanized environment in eastern Loudoun County
Location
Country	United States
State	Virginia
Region	Loudoun County
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Aldie
• coordinates	38°59′10″N 77°35′11″W / 38.9862207°N 77.586381°W
Mouth	Potomac River
• location	Sterling
• coordinates	39°04′16″N 77°26′38″W / 39.0712187°N 77.4438770°W
• elevation	184 ft (56 m)
Basin size	91.3 sq mi (236 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Beaverdam Run
• right	Lenah Run, South Fork (Shenandoah River), Cabin Branch (Arcola), Horsepen Run, Cabin Branch (Sterling)

Broad Run is a tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia. The creek, located between Goose Creek and Sugarland Run, principally drains portions of eastern Loudoun County, as well as a small portion of western Fairfax County.^[1]

The headwaters of the creek are located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Aldie. The creek flows eastward near Arcola and continues generally northeast to its mouth at the Potomac near the southern end of Seldon's Island to the north of Sterling and about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Leesburg.^[2] The watershed of the creek is 67.5 mi² (175 km²) in Loudoun and 23.8 mi² (62 km²) in Fairfax.^[3]

The majority of the run forms the border between the unincorporated areas of Ashburn and Sterling. The Broad Run Magisterial District of Loudoun and Broad Run High School derive their names from the waterway. The Broad Run Bridge and Tollhouse is a national listed historic site.

The creek should not be confused with the nearby Broad Run (a tributary of the Occoquan River) that flows through Fauquier and Prince William Counties.^[2]

^ Loudoun County Government, Leesburg, VA (2006). "Loudoun County Watersheds." Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Map.
^ ^a ^b Edwards, Richard, ed. (1855). Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia: Embracing Important Topographical and Historical Information from Recent and Original Sources, Together with the Results of the Last Census Population, in Most Cases, to 1854. Richmond, Virginia: For the proprietor. p. 187. Retrieved 2014-01-02. BROAD RUN, of Loudoun county, Virginia, flows northward, and falls into the Potomac about 10 miles S.E. from Leesburg.
^ Loudoun County Department of Building and Development (2009)."Loudoun County Stream Assessment: Strategic Plan and Protocols." Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-09-25.

[1] Loudoun County Government, Leesburg, VA (2006). "Loudoun County Watersheds." Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Map.

[Gazetteer-2] Edwards, Richard, ed. (1855). Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia: Embracing Important Topographical and Historical Information from Recent and Original Sources, Together with the Results of the Last Census Population, in Most Cases, to 1854. Richmond, Virginia: For the proprietor. p. 187. Retrieved 2014-01-02. BROAD RUN, of Loudoun county, Virginia, flows northward, and falls into the Potomac about 10 miles S.E. from Leesburg.

[3] Loudoun County Department of Building and Development (2009)."Loudoun County Stream Assessment: Strategic Plan and Protocols." Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-09-25.

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