Coordinates: 40°04′44″N 080°35′24″W / 40.07889°N 80.59000°W / 40.07889; -80.59000

Dixon Run (Little Wheeling Creek tributary)

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Dixon Run
Tributary to Little Wheeling Creek
Location of Dixon Run mouth
Dixon Run (Little Wheeling Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyOhio
Physical characteristics
SourceShort Creek divide
 • locationabout 2 miles southeast of Clinton, West Virginia
 • coordinates40°07′00″N 080°35′52″W / 40.11667°N 80.59778°W / 40.11667; -80.59778[1]
 • elevation1,180 ft (360 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
about 0.5 miles southwest of Point Mills, West Virginia
 • coordinates
40°04′44″N 080°35′24″W / 40.07889°N 80.59000°W / 40.07889; -80.59000[1]
 • elevation
863 ft (263 m)[3]
Length2.60 mi (4.18 km)[4]
Basin size1.69 square miles (4.4 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationLittle Wheeling Creek
 • average2.18 cu ft/s (0.062 m3/s) at mouth with Little Wheeling Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionLittle Wheeling Creek → Wheeling Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River systemOhio River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesQuiet Acres Ext., Dixons Run Road

Dixon Run is a 2.62 mi (4.22 km) long 1st order tributary to Little Wheeling Creek in Ohio County, West Virginia.

Course

Dixon Run rises about 2 miles southeast of Clinton, West Virginia, in Ohio County and then flows southeast to join Little Wheeling Creek about 0.5 miles southwest of Point Mills.[3]

Watershed

Dixon Run drains 1.69 square miles (4.4 km2) of area, receives about 40.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 282.60, and is about 82% forested.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GNIS Detail - Dixon Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Dixon Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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