Chartiers Creek facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chartiers Creek
1751 map depicting Chartiers Creek (labeled as "Shartees Cr.", at top edge of map)
Show map of Pennsylvania Show map of the United States Location of Chartiers Creek mouth
Other name(s)	Tributary to Ohio River
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Allegheny Washington
City	Washington
Borough	Canonsburg Carnegie McKees Rocks Thornburg Heidelberg Bridgeville Houston
Physical characteristics
Main source	Fork of Bane Creek divide about 0.25 miles north of Van Buren, Pennsylvania 1,220 ft (370 m) 40°05′05″N 080°17′16″W / 40.08472°N 80.28778°W / 40.08472; -80.28778
River mouth	Ohio River McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 710 ft (220 m) 40°27′54″N 080°03′10″W / 40.46500°N 80.05278°W / 40.46500; -80.05278
Length	47.60 mi (76.60 km)
Basin features
Progression	generally northeast
River system	Ohio River
Basin size	277.42 square miles (718.5 km2)
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

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.

Course

Chartiers Creek winds from its headwaters in Washington County through Allegheny County, where it meets the Ohio River at McKees Rocks and Pittsburgh's West End, three miles west of the Point at Pittsburgh.

Tributaries

(Mouth at the Ohio River)

• Little Chartiers Creek joins Chartiers Creek at Peters Township.
• Chartiers Run joins Chartiers Creek at the borough of Houston.