Lick Run (Kings Creek tributary)
Appearance
Lick Run Tributary to Kings Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | West Virginia |
County | Hancock |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | North Fork Kings Creek divide |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Sun Valley, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°27′24″N 080°31′43″W / 40.45667°N 80.52861°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,120 ft (340 m)[2] |
Mouth | Kings Creek |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Weirton, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°25′41″N 080°32′13″W / 40.42806°N 80.53694°W[1] |
• elevation | 791 ft (241 m)[3] |
Length | 2.02 mi (3.25 km)[4] |
Basin size | 1.21 square miles (3.1 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Kings Creek |
• average | 1.55 cu ft/s (0.044 m3/s) at mouth with Kings Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Kings Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Ohio River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Lick Run Road (x3), WV 1 |
Lick Run is a 2.02 mi (3.25 km) long 1st order tributary to Kings Creek in Hancock County, West Virginia.
Course
[edit]Lick Run rises about 3 miles northeast of Sun Valley, West Virginia, in Hancock County, West Virginia and then flows south to join Kings Creek about 1 mile northeast of Weirton.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Lick Run drains 1.37 square miles (3.5 km2) of area, receives about 39.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 285.38, and is about 81% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Lick Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Lick Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.