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The National Map
, accessed August 15, 2011

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stream of the

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, located in the

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. A third-order stream, it is formed by the confluence of Backlick Run and Holmes Run. It flows eastward from

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and forms the border between

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and Alexandria before opening into Hunting Creek and then into the Potomac River. The lower course near

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is largely channelized and flows just north of the

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until it crosses under it near Telegraph Road. The lower or so is tidal and was

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Cameron Run Regional Park Cameron Run Regional Park is a regional park located on Eisenhower Avenue, near Cameron Run, in Alexandria, northern Virginia. It is protected and operated by the NOVA Parks agency of Northern Virginia, formerly the Northern Virginia Regional P ...

, a water park, lies along a portion of the stream. Cameron Run is part of the

Cameron Run Watershed The Cameron Run Watershed (CRW) is a highly urbanized, 44 square-mile watershed located in Northern Virginia. "The region is completely urbanized with nearly 95 percent of the watershed developed with mixed residential and commercial use". Seventy- ...

, which encompasses a total of in Northern Virginia ( in Fairfax County). The Watershed is made up of eight subwatersheds: Tripps Run, Upper Holmes Run, Lower Holmes Run, Turkeycock Run, Backlick Run, Indian Run, Pike Branch, and Cameron Run and its tributaries.

Flooding concerns

Cameron run

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ed in 2000 and again in 2006, devastating some of the low-lying parts of Huntington. Due to increased development in the watershed, peak water flows have increased. Too much sediment from the stream, some of it from the

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project (begun in 1999), has reduced the depth of the channel, causing flooding problems. Local governments and the

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are working on a solution. In November 2012, voters in Fairfax County approved a $30 million bond referendum to fund construction of a levee and pump station to prevent flooding in the Huntington neighborhood adjacent to Cameron Run. Initial work on the levee system began in January 2014, with primary levee construction was begun January 2017 and is expected to be completed Spring 2019.

References

External links

Northern Virginia Watersheds Wiki
{{authority control Rivers of Fairfax County, Virginia Rivers of Virginia Rivers of Alexandria, Virginia Tributaries of the Potomac River

Flooding concerns

See also

References

External links