Girty Run

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Girty Run
Tributary to Short Creek
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Location of Girty Run mouth
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Girty Run (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Brooke
City Short Creek
Physical characteristics
SourceHogtan Run divide
  locationpond about 2.5 miles east of Windsor Heights, West Virginia
  coordinates 40°11′31″N080°37′43″W / 40.19194°N 80.62861°W / 40.19194; -80.62861 [1]
  elevation1,110 ft (340 m) [2]
Mouth Ohio River
  location
Short Creek, West Virginia
  coordinates
40°11′08″N80°39′47″W / 40.18556°N 80.66306°W / 40.18556; -80.66306 Coordinates: 40°11′08″N80°39′47″W / 40.18556°N 80.66306°W / 40.18556; -80.66306 [1]
  elevation
659 ft (201 m) [3]
Length2.07 mi (3.33 km) [4]
Basin size2.75 square miles (7.1 km2) [5]
Discharge 
  location Short Creek
  average3.22 cu ft/s (0.091 m3/s) at mouth with Short Creek [5]
Basin features
Progression Short CreekOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River system Ohio River
Tributaries 
  leftunnamed tributaries
  right Newlands Run
BridgesBg Lane, Simon Lane, Wainwright Street

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

Girty Run most likely has the name of Simon Girty (1741–1818), an American colonial. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Girty Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Girty Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Girty 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. 268.