Mechling Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Harmon Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mechling Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Mechling Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Brooke |
Length: | 1.77miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Harmons Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.11cuft/s at mouth with Harmon Creek[2] |
Source1: | Potrock Run divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1.5 miles southeast of Colliers, West Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.35°N -80.5283°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1040feet[4] |
Mouth: | Harmon Creek |
Mouth Location: | Colliers, West Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.3678°N -80.5406°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 787feet[5] |
Progression: | Harmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Ohio River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaties |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Robinson Lane, WV 1 |
Mechling Run is a 1.77miles long 1st order tributary to Harmon Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Mechling Run rises about 1.5 miles southeast of Colliers, West Virginia, and then flows northwest to join Harmon Creek at Colliers.[5]
Mechling Run drains of area, receives about 40.2 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 295.76, and is about 83% forested.[2]