Jump to content

Bull Run (Occoquan River tributary)

Coordinates: 38°43′21″N 077°22′51″W / 38.72250°N 77.38083°W / 38.72250; -77.38083
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bull Run
Tributary to Occoquan River
Map of Bull Run mouth location
Map of Bull Run mouth location
Location of Bull Run mouth
Map of Bull Run mouth location
Map of Bull Run mouth location
Bull Run (Occoquan River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyFairfax
Prince William
Loudoun
Physical characteristics
SourceHungry Run divide[2]
 • locationCold Spring Gap[2]
 • coordinates38°56′21″N 077°39′11″W / 38.93917°N 77.65306°W / 38.93917; -77.65306[1]
 • elevation660 ft (200 m)[2]
MouthOccoquan River
 • location
about 1 mile northeast of Ravenwood, Virginia
 • coordinates
38°43′21″N 077°22′51″W / 38.72250°N 77.38083°W / 38.72250; -77.38083[1]
 • elevation
120 ft (37 m)[1]
Length31.80 mi (51.18 km)[3]
Basin size193.89 square miles (502.2 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationOccoquan River
 • average229.13 cu ft/s (6.488 m3/s) at mouth with Occoquan River[4]
Basin features
Progressionsoutheast[3]
River systemPotomac River
Tributaries 
 • leftFoley Branch, Cub Run, Little Rocky Run, Johnny Moore Creek, Popes Head Creek, Old Mill Branch
 • rightBlack Branch, Chestnut Lick, Bull Run tributary, Little Bull Run, Youngs Branch, Holkums Branch, Flat Branch, Russia Branch, Buckhall Branch
BridgesLoudoun Drive, New Road, US 15, Peach Orchard Lane, Auburn Farm Road, Gum Spring Road, US 29, I-66, Old Centerville Road, VA 28, VA 612

Bull Run is a 31.8-mile-long (51.2 km)[5] tributary of the Occoquan River that originates from a spring in the Bull Run Mountains in Loudoun County, Virginia, and flows south to the Occoquan River. Bull Run serves as the boundary between Loudoun County and Prince William County, and between Fairfax County and Prince William County.

Bull Run is primarily associated with two battles of the American Civil War: the First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861) and the Second Battle of Bull Run (August 28–30, 1862), both Confederate victories. A narrow part of the creek called Yates Ford (near Manassas) is the scene of the Battle of Occoquan, and downstream about one mile is the current Yates Ford Road bridge between Fairfax and Prince William counties.

The ruins of the stone bridge over Bull Run, after the Second Battle of Bull Run, 1862, photographer unknown, from the National Archives and Records Administration

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Map Viewer". www.arcgis.com. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Bull Run Watershed Report". watersgeo.epa.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
[edit]