Gillespie Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Middle Wheeling Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gillespie Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Gillespie Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Ohio Washington |
Length: | 2.95miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Middle Wheeling Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 4.49cuft/s at mouth with Middle Wheeling Creek[2] |
Source1: | Beham Run divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.25 miles northwest of Beham, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.0269°N -80.5144°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1190feet[4] |
Mouth: | Middle Wheeling Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles south of Camp Giscowhego, West Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.0353°N -80.5625°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 909feet[5] |
Progression: | Middle Wheeling Creek → 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: | Dallas Pike, Oklahoma Road |
Gillespie Run is a 2.95miles long 2nd order tributary to Middle Wheeling Creek in Ohio County, West Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Gillespie Run rises about 0.25 miles northwest of Beham, Pennsylvania, and then flows west-northwesterly to join Middle Wheeling Creek about 0.5 miles south of Camp Giscowhego.[5]
Gillespie Run drains of area, receives about 41.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 280.65, and is about 70% forested.[2]