Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)

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Chartiers Run
Tributary to Chartiers Creek
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Location of Chartiers Run mouth
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Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Washington
Borough Houston
Physical characteristics
SourceBurgetts Fork divide
 • locationabout 1 mile southwest of Hickory, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates 40°17′16″N080°19′25″W / 40.28778°N 80.32361°W / 40.28778; -80.32361 [1]
 • elevation1,200 ft (370 m) [2]
Mouth Chartiers Creek
 • location
 Houston, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
 40°14′51″N080°12′27″W / 40.24750°N 80.20750°W / 40.24750; -80.20750 Coordinates: 40°14′51″N080°12′27″W / 40.24750°N 80.20750°W / 40.24750; -80.20750 [1]
 • elevation
950 ft (290 m) [3]
Length8.53 mi (13.73 km) [4]
Basin size22.32 square miles (57.8 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location Chartiers Creek
 • average24.80 cu ft/s (0.702 m3/s) at mouth with Chartiers Creek [5]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally southeast [4]
River system Ohio River
Tributaries 
 • leftWestland Run
Plum Run
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesMain 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.

Contents

Chartiers Run joins Chartiers Creek at the borough of Houston.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Chartiers Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Chartiers Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)
  7. ↑ Charles Augustus Hanna, The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Volume 1 The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania Traders on the Allegheny Path, Putnam's sons, 1911
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