Bosley Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Cross Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bosley Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Bosley Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Brooke |
Length: | 3.27miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Cross Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3.17cuft/s at mouth with Cross Creek[2] |
Source1: | unnamed tributary to Alexanders Run divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile west of Mechling Hill |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.3503°N -80.5594°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1120feet[4] |
Mouth: | Cross Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Rockdale, West Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.3081°N -80.5722°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 689feet[5] |
Progression: | Cross Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Ohio River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Red Oak Drive, Blacks Hollow Road, Cross Creek Road |
Bosley Run is a 3.27miles long 1st order tributary to Cross Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
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.[5]
Bosley Run drains of area, receives about 40.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 315.01, and is about 62% forested.[2]