Chartiers Creek Tributary to Ohio River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Allegheny Washington |
City | Washington |
Borough | Canonsburg Carnegie McKees Rocks Thornburg Heidelberg Bridgeville Houston |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Fork of Bane Creek divide |
• location | about 0.25 miles north of Van Buren, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°05′05″N 080°17′16″W / 40.08472°N 80.28778°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,220 ft (370 m)[2] |
Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°27′54″N 080°03′10″W / 40.46500°N 80.05278°W[1] |
• elevation | 710 ft (220 m)[3] |
Length | 47.60 mi (76.60 km)[4] |
Basin size | 277.42 square miles (718.5 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Ohio River |
• average | 321.31 cu ft/s (9.098 m3/s) at mouth with Ohio River[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally northeast[4] |
River system | Ohio River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Georges Run Chartiers Run McPherson Creek Coal Run Millers Run Thoms Run Robinson Run Campbells Run |
• right | Catfish Creek Little Chartiers Creek Brush Run McLaughlin Run Painters Run Scrubgrass Run Whiskey Run |
Waterbodies | Reservoir #2 |
Bridges | PA 18 (x4), Farmer Lane, Old Scales Road, Vaneal Drive, Mounts Road, Jolly School Road, Old Plank Road, PA 18, Walker Lane, PA 18, Ridgewood Drive, US 40, I-70, Caldwell Avenue, Jessop Place, W Wylie Avenue, Woodland Avenue, PA 844, Wallace Lane, PA 18, Oak Grove Road, N Main Street Ext., Country Club Road, Pike Street, Racetrack Road, Vandale Drive, S. Johnson Road, S Main Street, Strabane Avenue, S. Jefferson Avenue, S Central Avenue, Morganza Road, Curry Avenue, Curry Hill Road, Southpoint Boulevard, I-79, Morganza Road, Atlas Lane, Maple Lane, Georgetown Road, Boyce Road, Mayview Road, PA 50, I-79, Prestley Road, Steen Road, I-79, PA 50, Greentree Road, Washington Avenue, Hammond Street, Carothers Avenue, W Main Street, Mansfield Boulevard, Chestnut Street, I-376, Rutgers Road, Stubenville Pike, Wind Gap Bridge, PA 51, W Carson Street |
Chartiers Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek was named after Peter Chartier,[6] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of the creek in 1743.