Gashell Run
| Gashell Run Tributary to Little Wheeling Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Gashell Run mouth  Gashell Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Ohio |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Peters Run divide |
| • location | about 2.5 miles northwest of Roneys Point, West Virginia |
| • coordinates | 40°05′29″N 080°37′14″W / 40.09139°N 80.62056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,120 ft (340 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Valley Camp, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°03′52″N 080°36′22″W / 40.06444°N 80.60611°W[1] |
• elevation | 781 ft (238 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.02 mi (3.25 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 1.18 square miles (3.1 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Little Wheeling Creek |
| • average | 1.53 cu ft/s (0.043 m3/s) at mouth with Little Wheeling Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Little Wheeling Creek → Wheeling Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Gashell Run Road, US 40 |
Gashell Run is a 2.02 mi (3.25 km) long 1st order tributary to Little Wheeling Creek in Ohio County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
[edit]Gashell Run rises about 2.5 miles northwest of Roneys Point, West Virginia, in Ohio County and then flows southeast to join Little Wheeling Creek at Valley Camp.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Gashell Run drains 1.18 square miles (3.1 km2) of area, receives about 41.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 275.29, and is about 73% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Gashell Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gashell Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 July 2021.