| Broad Run | |
|---|---|
 Broad Run passes through an increasingly suburbanized environment in eastern Loudoun County | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| Region | Loudoun County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Aldie |
| • coordinates | 38°59′10″N 77°35′11″W / 38.9862207°N 77.586381°W |
| Mouth | Potomac River |
• location | Sterling |
• coordinates | 39°04′16″N 77°26′38″W / 39.0712187°N 77.4438770°W |
• elevation | 184 ft (56 m) |
| Basin size | 91.3 sq mi (236 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Beaverdam Run |
| • right | Lenah Run, South Fork (Shenandoah River), Cabin Branch (Arcola), Horsepen Run, Cabin Branch (Sterling) |
Broad Run is a tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia. The creek, located between Goose Creek and Sugarland Run, principally drains portions of eastern Loudoun County, as well as a small portion of western Fairfax County. [1]
The headwaters of the creek are located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Aldie. The creek flows eastward near Arcola and continues generally northeast to its mouth at the Potomac near the southern end of Seldon's Island to the north of Sterling and about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Leesburg. [2] The watershed of the creek is 67.5 mi2 (175 km2) in Loudoun and 23.8 mi2 (62 km2) in Fairfax. [3]
The majority of the run forms the border between the unincorporated areas of Ashburn and Sterling. The Broad Run Magisterial District of Loudoun and Broad Run High School derive their names from the waterway. The Broad Run Bridge and Tollhouse is a national listed historic site.
The creek should not be confused with the nearby Broad Run (a tributary of the Occoquan River) that flows through Fauquier and Prince William Counties. [2]
Tributaries
Tributaries are listed in order from the source of Broad Run to its mouth. [4] [5]
- Lenah Run
- South Fork Broad Run
- Cabin Branch 1
- Horsepen Run
- Indian Creek
- Stallion Branch
- Cabin Branch 2
- Beaverdam Run
- Russell Branch
See also
References
- ^ Loudoun County Government, Leesburg, VA (2006). "Loudoun County Watersheds." Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Map.
- ^
a
b Edwards, Richard, ed. (1855).
Statistical Gazetteer of the State of Virginia: Embracing Important Topographical and Historical Information from Recent and Original Sources, Together with the Results of the Last Census Population, in Most Cases, to 1854.
Richmond, Virginia: For the proprietor. p.
187. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
BROAD RUN, of Loudoun county, Virginia, flows northward, and falls into the Potomac about 10 miles S.E. from Leesburg.
- ^ Loudoun County Department of Building and Development (2009). "Loudoun County Stream Assessment: Strategic Plan and Protocols." Archived May 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine 2009-09-25.
- ^ Loudoun County Government. "Stream Assessment 2009." Interactive map.
- ^ "Loudoun County, Virginia WebLogis - Online Mapping System". Archived from the original on 2011-05-08.
- United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA. "Broad Run." Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Accessed 2010-08-30.