Pierce Run (Buffalo Creek tributary)
Pierce Run is a long 2nd order tributary to Buffalo Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia. Variant names. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: Course. Pierce Run rises in Franklin, West Virginia, and then flows south and southwest to join Buffalo Creek about 0.25 miles southeast of McKinleyville. Watershed. Pierce Run drains of area, receives about 40.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 299.07, and is about 74% forested.