Chartiers Run is a tributary of Chartiers Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[6] It was named after Peter Chartier,[7] a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of Chartiers Creek in 1743.
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Chartiers Run
Tributary to Chartiers Creek |
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Location of Chartiers Run mouth Show map of PennsylvaniaChartiers Run (Chartiers Creek tributary) (the United States) Show map of the United States |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
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| County | Washington |
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| Borough | Houston |
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| Source | Burgetts Fork divide |
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| • location | about 1 mile southwest of Hickory, Pennsylvania |
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| • coordinates | 40°17′16″N 080°19′25″W[1] |
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| • elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m)[2] |
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| Mouth | Chartiers Creek |
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• location | Houston, Pennsylvania |
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• coordinates | 40°14′51″N 080°12′27″W[1] |
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• elevation | 950 ft (290 m)[3] |
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| Length | 8.53 mi (13.73 km)[4] |
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| Basin size | 22.32 square miles (57.8 km2)[5] |
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| Discharge | |
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| • location | Chartiers Creek |
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| • average | 24.80 cu ft/s (0.702 m3/s) at mouth with Chartiers Creek[5] |
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| Progression | Chartiers Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico[4] |
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| River system | Ohio River |
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| Tributaries | |
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| • left | Westland Run
Plum Run |
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| • right | unnamed tributaries |
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| Bridges | Main Street, Donaldson Road, Elm Road, Gulla Lane, Red Fox Road, Old Hickory Ridge Road, Kings Road, Paxton Road, W Pike Street |
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Chartiers Run joins Chartiers Creek at the borough of Houston.
