Browns Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Peters Run |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Browns Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Browns Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Ohio |
Length: | 1.96miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Peters Run |
Discharge1 Avg: | 1.76cuft/s at mouth with Peters Run[2] |
Source1: | Waddles Run divide |
Source1 Location: | pond about 2.5 miles northeast of Wheeling, West Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.0889°N -80.65°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1160feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | Eden, West Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.0664°N -80.6383°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 830feet[5] |
Progression: | Peters Run → Little Wheeling Creek → Wheeling Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Ohio River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Browns Run Road (x4), Peters Run Road |
Browns Run is a 1.91miles long 2nd order tributary to Peters Run in Ohio County, West Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Browns Run rises in a pond about 2.5 miles northeast of Wheeling, West Virginia, in Ohio County and then flows southeast to Peters Run at Eden.[5]
Browns Run drains of area, receives about 41.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 275.95, and is about 58% forested.[2]