Sandy Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Occoquan River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sandy Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Sandy Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Fairfax |
Length: | 2.65miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Occoquan River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 9.01cuft/s at mouth with Occoquan River[2] |
Source1: | Popes Head Creek divide[3] |
Source1 Location: | Butts Corner, Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.7797°N -77.33°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 120feet |
Mouth: | Occoquan River in Occoquan Reservoir |
Mouth Location: | about 3 miles northwest of Occoquan, Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.7006°N -77.3064°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 400feet |
Progression: | generally south |
River System: | Potomac River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Rutledge Drive (x2), Clifton Road, Henderson Road, Cathedral Forest Drive, Hampton Road |
Sandy Run is a 2.65miles long second-order tributary to the Occoquan River in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Sandy Run rises on the Pope Head Creek divide and then flows south to join the Occoquan River about 3 miles northwest of Occoquan, Virginia.[3]
Sandy Run drains of area, receives about 43.5 in/year of precipitation, and is about 69.29% forested.[2]