Chartiers Creek
Chartiers Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Western Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek was named after Peter Chartier, a trapper of French and Native American parentage who established a trading post at the mouth of the creek in 1743.
| Chartiers Creek Tributary to Ohio River | |
|---|---|
1751 map depicting Chartiers Creek (labeled as "Shartees Cr.", at top edge of map) | |
Location of Chartiers Creek mouth Chartiers Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny Washington |
| City | Washington |
| Borough | Canonsburg Carnegie McKees Rocks Thornburg Heidelberg Bridgeville Houston |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Fork of Bane Creek divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles north of Van Buren, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°05′05″N 080°17′16″W |
| • elevation | 1,220 ft (370 m) |
| Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°27′54″N 080°03′10″W |
• elevation | 710 ft (220 m) |
| Length | 47.60 mi (76.60 km) |
| Basin size | 277.42 square miles (718.5 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Ohio River |
| • average | 321.31 cu ft/s (9.098 m3/s) at mouth with Ohio River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | generally northeast |
| River system | Ohio River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Georges Run Chartiers Run McPherson Creek Coal Run Millers Run Thoms Run Robinson Run Campbells Run |
| • right | Catfish Creek Little Chartiers Creek Brush Run McLaughlin Run Painters Run Scrubgrass Run Whiskey Run |
| Waterbodies | Reservoir #2 |
| Bridges | PA 18 (x4), Farmer Lane, Old Scales Road, Vaneal Drive, Mounts Road, Jolly School Road, Old Plank Road, PA 18, Walker Lane, PA 18, Ridgewood Drive, US 40, I-70, Caldwell Avenue, Jessop Place, W Wylie Avenue, Woodland Avenue, PA 844, Wallace Lane, PA 18, Oak Grove Road, N Main Street Ext., Country Club Road, Pike Street, Racetrack Road, Vandale Drive, S. Johnson Road, S Main Street, Strabane Avenue, S. Jefferson Avenue, S Central Avenue, Morganza Road, Curry Avenue, Curry Hill Road, Southpoint Boulevard, I-79, Morganza Road, Atlas Lane, Maple Lane, Georgetown Road, Boyce Road, Mayview Road, PA 50, I-79, Prestley Road, Steen Road, I-79, PA 50, Greentree Road, Washington Avenue, Carothers Avenue, W Main Street, Chestnut Street, I-376, Rutgers Road, Stubenville Pike, Wind Gap Bridge, PA 51, W Carson Street |
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