Pierce Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Buffalo Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Pierce Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Pierce Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Brooke |
Length: | 4.21miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Buffalo Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 6.6cuft/s at mouth with Buffalo Creek[2] |
Source1: | Cross Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | Franklin, West Virginia |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.2753°N -80.5522°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1120feet[4] |
Mouth: | Buffalo Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles southeast of McKinleyville, West Virginia |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.2386°N -80.5869°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 689feet[5] |
Progression: | Buffalo Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Ohio River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaties |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | WV 20 (x4) |
Pierce Run is a 4.21miles long 2nd order tributary to Buffalo Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Pierce Run rises in Franklin, West Virginia, and then flows south and southwest to join Buffalo Creek about 0.25 miles southeast of McKinleyville.[5]
Pierce Run drains of area, receives about 40.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 299.07, and is about 74% forested.[2]