Abrams Run

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Abrams Run
Tributary to West Fork River
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Location of Abrams Run mouth
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Abrams Run (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Lewis
Physical characteristics
SourceBig Run divide
 • locationwest of Haytack Knob
 • coordinates 38°50′16″N080°28′50″W / 38.83778°N 80.48056°W / 38.83778; -80.48056 [1]
 • elevation1,250 ft (380 m) [2]
Mouth West Fork River
 • location
 Emmart, West Virginia
 • coordinates
 38°52′43″N080°28′42″W / 38.87861°N 80.47833°W / 38.87861; -80.47833 [1]
 • elevation
1,073 ft (327 m) [3]
Length2.42 mi (3.89 km) [4]
Basin size3.04 square miles (7.9 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location West Fork River
 • average5.80 cu ft/s (0.164 m3/s) at mouth with West Fork River [5]
Basin features
Progression West Fork River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system Ohio River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesWV 46 (Abrams Run Road) (x3)

Abrams Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [6]

Contents

Abrams Run has the name of Abram Bennett, a pioneer who settled there. [7]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]

Course

Abrams Run rises west of Haytack Knob, in Lewis County, West Virginia and then flows generally northeast to join the West Fork River at Emmart. [3]

Watershed

Abrams Run drains 3.04 square miles (7.9 km2) of area, receives about 49.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 284.52, and is about 78% forested. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "GNIS Detail - Abrams Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Abrams Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abrams Run
  7. ↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 72.


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