Peters Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Little Wheeling Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Peters Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Peters Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Wheeling |
Length: | 4.38miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Little Wheeling Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 7.71cuft/s at mouth with Little Wheeling Creek[2] |
Source1: | Short Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1 mile south of Clinton, West Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.1131°N -80.615°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1160feet[4] |
Mouth: | Little Wheeling Creek |
Mouth Location: | Wheeling, West Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.0483°N -80.6425°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 702feet[5] |
Progression: | Little Wheeling Creek → Wheeling Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Ohio River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Warden Run Browns Run |
Bridges: | Stewarts Hill Road, Weisman Lane, National Road |
Peters Run is a 4.38miles long 3rd order tributary to Little Wheeling Creek in Ohio County, West Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Peters Run rises about 1 mile south of Clinton, West Virginia, in Ohio County and then flows south-southwest to join Little Wheeling Creek in the Elm Grove neighborhood of Wheeling.[5]
Peters Run drains of area, receives about 40.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 281.81, and is about 67% forested.[2]