Kimlin Run
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| Kimlin Run Tributary to Buffalo Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Kimlin Run mouth  Kimlin Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia |
| County | Brooke |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Spring Run divide |
| • location | about 1 mile west of McKinleyville, West Virginia |
| • coordinates | 40°14′11″N 080°37′18″W / 40.23639°N 80.62167°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1.040 ft (0.317 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Buffalo Creek |
• location | about 0.25 miles south of McKinleyville, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°14′15″N 080°36′06″W / 40.23750°N 80.60167°W[1] |
• elevation | 705 ft (215 m)[2] |
| Length | 1.03 mi (1.66 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Buffalo Creek |
| • average | 0.66 cu ft/s (0.019 m3/s) at mouth with Buffalo Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Buffalo Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaties |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | WV 67/2 |
Kimlin Run is a 1.03 mi (1.66 km) long 1st order tributary to Buffalo Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Kimlin Run rises about 1 mile west of McKinleyville, West Virginia, and then flows east to join Buffalo Creek about 0.25 miles south of McKinleyville.[2]