Bosley Run

Bosley Run
Tributary to Cross Creek
Bosley Run; Tributary to Cross Creek
	Location of Bosley Run mouth Bosley Run (the United States)
Location
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Brooke
Physical characteristics
Source	unnamed tributary to Alexanders Run divide
• location	about 1 mile west of Mechling Hill
• coordinates	40°21′01″N080°33′34″W / 40.35028°N 80.55944°W
• elevation	1,120 ft (340 m)
Mouth	Cross Creek
• location	about 0.5 miles norheast of Rockdale, West Virginia
• coordinates	40°18′29″N080°34′20″W / 40.30806°N 80.57222°W Coordinates: 40°18′29″N080°34′20″W / 40.30806°N 80.57222°W
• elevation	689 ft (210 m)
Length	3.27 mi (5.26 km)
Basin size	2.75 square miles (7.1 km2)
Discharge
• location	Cross Creek
• average	3.17 cu ft/s (0.090 m3/s) at mouth with Cross Creek
Basin features
Progression	Cross Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	Ohio River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	Red Oak Drive, Blacks Hollow Road, Cross Creek Road

Last updated June 06, 2021 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Bosley Run is a 3.27 mi (5.26 km) long 1st order tributary to Cross Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.^[1]

Variant names

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

Bolsey Run

Course

Bosley Run rises about 1 mile west of Mechling Hill, in Brooke County, West Virginia and then flows south-southwest to join Cross Creek about 0.5 miles northeast of Rockdale.^[3]

Watershed

Bosley Run drains 2.75 square miles (7.1 km²) of area, receives about 40.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 315.01, and is about 62% forested.^[5]

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References

1 2 3 4 "GNIS Detail - Bosley Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
1 2 3 "Sawhill Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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[GNIS-1] 1 2 3 4 "GNIS Detail - Bosley Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[STopoview-2] "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[MTopoview-3] 1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[geoviewer-4] "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[watershed-5] 1 2 3 "Sawhill Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

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