Alexanders Run
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| Alexanders Run Tributary to Harmon Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Alexanders Run mouth  Alexanders Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Brooke Hancock |
| City | Weirton Heights |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | unnamed tributary to Kings Creek divide |
| • location | Weirton Heights, West Virginia |
| • coordinates | 40°24′30″N 080°33′11″W / 40.40833°N 80.55306°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1.090 ft (0.332 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Harmon Creek |
• location | about 1 mile northwest of Colliers, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°22′30″N 080°31′34″W / 40.37500°N 80.52611°W[1] |
• elevation | 774 ft (236 m)[3] |
| Length | 3.69 mi (5.94 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 2.95 square miles (7.6 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Harmons Creek |
| • average | 3.42 cu ft/s (0.097 m3/s) at mouth with Harmon Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Harmon Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaties |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Colliers Steel Road (x3) |
Alexanders Run is a 3.69 mi (5.94 km) long 1st order tributary to Harmon Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Alexanders Run rises at Weirton Heights, West Virginia, and then flows south-southwest to join Harmon Creek about 1 mile northwest of Colliers.[3]