Buffalo Creek (Ohio River tributary)
Buffalo Creek is a stream which runs through the United States commonwealths of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. It rises in East Finley Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
| Buffalo Creek Tributary to Ohio River | |
|---|---|
Marshel Woolen Mill Site along Buffalo Creek and WV 67 (Bethany Pike) | |
Location of Buffalo Creek mouth Buffalo Creek (Ohio River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | West Virginia Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Brooke (WV) Washington (PA) |
| City | Bethany |
| Borough | Taylorstown |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Templeton Fork divide |
| • location | Pleasant Grove, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°04′35″N 080°21′44″W |
| • elevation | 1,270 ft (390 m) |
| Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | Wellsburg, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°15′52″N 080°36′55″W |
• elevation | 644 ft (196 m) |
| Length | 39.85 mi (64.13 km) |
| Basin size | 162.71 square miles (421.4 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ohio River |
| • average | 177.39 cu ft/s (5.023 m3/s) at mouth with Ohio River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Sawhill Run, Buck Run, Dutch Fork, Dog Run, Castleman Run, Logan Run, Stotts Run, Hogtan Run, Hukill Run, Grog Run, Kimlin Run, Greens Run |
| • right | Wolf Run, Brush Run, Narigan Run, Welch Run, Sugarcamp Run, Camp Run, Cascade Run, Mingo Run, Pierce Run, Titt Run, Painters Run |
| Bridges | Chapel Hill Road, Cracraft Road, Sunset Road, Hawthorn Road, I-70, US 40, N Sunset Beach Road, Newman Road, Main Street, Walker Hill Road, Reed Road, PA 221 (x2), Greencove Road, PA 221, Pole Cat Hollow Road, Camp Buffalo Road (x2), PA 231, Brush Run Road, Dry Ridge Road, WV 32/3 (Counselmans Hill Road), WV 67 (x2) (Bethany Pike), WV 88 (West Liberty Road), WV 30/1. WV 30, Johnston Lane, Mazzella Lane, WV 67 (Bethany Pike), Genteel Ridge Road, WV 67 (x3) (Bethany Pike), WV 2 |
Its tributaries are Brushy Run, Mill Run, Indian Camp Run, Buck Run, and Dutch Fork. These streams flow through the townships of East Findley, Donegal, Hopewell, and Buffalo, and the creek itself empties into the Ohio River at Wellsburg, West Virginia
The stream was possibly named for a Buffalo trace that once passed through the valley.
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