| Buffalo Creek Tributary to Ohio River | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Marshel_Woolen_Mill_site.jpg) Marshel Woolen Mill Site along Buffalo Creek and WV 67 (Bethany Pike) | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_West_Virginia_relief_location_map.svg)  Location of Buffalo Creek mouth &sq=&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Buffalo Creek (Ohio River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Brooke (WV) Washington (PA) |
| City | Bethany |
| Borough | Taylorstown |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Templeton Fork divide |
| • location | Pleasant Grove, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°04′35″N 080°21′44″W / 40.07639°N 80.36222°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,270 ft (390 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | Wellsburg, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°15′52″N 080°36′55″W / 40.26444°N 80.61528°W[1] |
• elevation | 644 ft (196 m)[3] |
| Length | 39.85 mi (64.13 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 162.71 square miles (421.4 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ohio River |
| • average | 177.39 cu ft/s (5.023 m3/s) at mouth with Ohio River[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Sawhill Run, Buck Run, Dutch Fork, Dog Run, Castleman Run, Logan Run, Stotts Run, Hogtan Run, Hukill Run, Grog Run, Kimlin Run, Greens Run |
| • right | Wolf Run, Brush Run, Narigan Run, Welch Run, Sugarcamp Run, Camp Run, Cascade Run, Mingo Run, Pierce Run, Titt Run, Painters Run |
| Bridges | Chapel Hill Road, Cracraft Road, Sunset Road, Hawthorn Road, I-70, US 40, N Sunset Beach Road, Newman Road, Main Street, Walker Hill Road, Reed Road, PA 221 (x2), Greencove Road, PA 221, Pole Cat Hollow Road, Camp Buffalo Road (x2), PA 231, Brush Run Road, Dry Ridge Road, WV 32/3 (Counselmans Hill Road), WV 67 (x2) (Bethany Pike), WV 88 (West Liberty Road), WV 30/1. WV 30, Johnston Lane, Mazzella Lane, WV 67 (Bethany Pike), Genteel Ridge Road, WV 67 (x3) (Bethany Pike), WV 2 |
Buffalo Creek is a stream which runs through the United States commonwealths of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It rises in East Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Its tributaries are Brushy Run, Mill Run, Indian Camp Run, Buck Run, and Dutch Fork. These streams flow through the townships of East Findley, Donegal, Hopewell, and Buffalo, and the creek itself empties into the Ohio River[6] at Wellsburg, West Virginia
The stream was possibly named for a Buffalo trace that once passed through the valley.[7][8]
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Buffalo Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ a b "Buffalo Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Creigh, Alfred (1871). History of Washington County (Pennsylvania). Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly. p. 47.
- ^ Vacca, Michael A.; Eisert, Ron. "History of the Buffalo Creek Valley; Buffalo Creek Protection Plan". Penn State. CiteSeerx: 10.1.1.615.3218.
- ^ [email protected], Barbara S. Miller Staff writer. "Township named for the home where the buffalo once roamed". Observer-Reporter. Observer-Reporter Newspaper. Retrieved June 10, 2021.