Auglaize River

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Auglaize River
Auglaize River east of Junction

Auglaize River east of Junction

Data
Water code US :  1065901
location Ohio (USA)
River system Saint Lawrence River
Drain over Maumee River  → Niagara River  → Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
origin 3.2 km south of Harrod
40 ° 40 ′ 53 ″  N , 83 ° 55 ′ 16 ″  W
Source height 302  m
muzzle Maumee River at Defiance Coordinates: 41 ° 16 ′ 48 ″  N , 84 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  W 41 ° 16 ′ 48 ″  N , 84 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  W.
Mouth height 203  m
Height difference 99 m
Bottom slope 0.62 ‰
length 160 km
Catchment area 6053 km²
Left tributaries Little Auglaize River, Flatrock Creek
Right tributaries Ottawa River, Blanchard River
Map of the Auglaize River within the Maumee River basin.

Map of the Auglaize River within the Maumee River basin.

The Auglaize River is a right tributary of the Maumee River in the northwest of the US state Ohio .

The catchment area of ​​the 160 km long river consists mainly of arable land. The name of the river comes either from the Shawnee language and means felled trees or from the French expression for frozen water .

The Auglaize River rises in southeast Allen County about 15 km south of Lima and 20 km north of Indian Lake. It first flows southwest to Wapakoneta, then generally zigzagging north and passing the towns of Delphos, Fort Jennings and Oakwood. At Defiance it flows into the Maumee River, which flows in a north-easterly direction at Toledo into Lake Erie . Tributaries of the Auglaize are the Ottawa River and the Blanchard River from the right , and the Little Auglaize River and Flatrock Creek from the left .

In the 18th century at the time of the so-called Ohio area , the catchment area of ​​the river was inhabited by the Ottawa . Fort Defiance was built in August 1794 by order of General Anthony Wayne at the confluence of the Auglaize in the Maumee River. It was the last in a series of fortifications built by American forces during the Northwest Indian War. Fort Amanda dates from the War of 1812 and was built on the Auglaize River southwest of the city of Lima . During the war it served mainly as a supply base.

Name variants

The river has several designations:

  • Au Glaize River
  • Auglaise River
  • Glaize River
  • Grand Au Glaze River
  • Grand Glaise River
  • Grand Glaize River
  • Great au Glaise River
  • Qusquasrundee

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on July 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Auglaize River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ^ Smith, Thomas H. The Mapping of Ohio . Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1977. p155
  4. ^ Doctor HF Raup Ohio Place Names Research File
  5. ^ Bauman, Robert F. When the Maumee Was Called the Tawa . Northwest Ohio Quarterly, v.28 (Spring, 1956) pp.60-87. p71
  6. ^ Bauman, Robert F. When the Maumee Was Called the Tawa . Northwest Ohio Quarterly, v.28 (Spring, 1956) pp.60-87. p72
  7. ^ Bauman, Robert F. When the Maumee Was Called the Tawa . Northwest Ohio Quarterly, v.28 (Spring, 1956) pp.60-87. p74
  8. ^ Bauman, Robert F. When the Maumee Was Called the Tawa . Northwest Ohio Quarterly, v.28 (Spring, 1956) pp.60-87. p75
  9. ^ Smith, Thomas H. The Mapping of Ohio . Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1977. p154
  10. ↑ GeoNative. Accessed from www.geocities.com/Athens/9479. Useful for names in minority languages. Details includes date accessed. Wyandot / Sep 18, 2001