Potrock Run

Stream in West Virginia, USA

Potrock Run

Tributary to Cross Creek

Location of Potrock Run mouth

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Potrock Run (the United States)

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Location
Country| United States
State| West Virginia
County| Brooke
Physical characteristics
Source| Pierce Run divide
• location| Fowlerstown, West Virginia
• coordinates| 40°16′52″N 080°33′02″W﻿ / ﻿40.28111°N 80.55056°W﻿ / 40.28111; -80.55056[1]
• elevation| 1,020 ft (310 m)[2]
Mouth| Cross Creek

• location

| about 1 mile east of Louise, West Virginia

• coordinates

| 40°18′08″N 080°32′44″W﻿ / ﻿40.30222°N 80.54556°W﻿ / 40.30222; -80.54556[1]

• elevation

| 712 ft (217 m)[3]
Length| 1.68 mi (2.70 km)[4]
Basin size| 1.18 square miles (3.1 km2)[5]
Discharge|
• location| Cross Creek
• average| 1.41 cu ft/s (0.040 m3/s) at mouth with Cross Creek[5]
Basin features
Progression| Cross Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system| Ohio River
Tributaries|
• left| unnamed tributaries
• right| unnamed tributaries
Bridges| Pot Rock Road (x2)

Potrock Run is a 1.68 mi (2.70 km) long 1st order tributary to Cross Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

## Course

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Potrock Run rises at Fowlerstown, West Virginia, in Brooke County, West Virginia and then flows generally north to join Cross Creek about 1 mile east of Louise, West Virginia.[3]

## Watershed

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Potrock Run drains 1.18 square miles (3.1 km2) of area, receives about 40.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 275.88, and is about 69% forested.[5]

## See also

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* List of Rivers of West Virginia

## References

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1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Potrock Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
5. ^ a b c "Potrock Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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