Chartiers Run Tributary to Chartiers Creek | |
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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.