Grand River (Lake Erie, Ohio)

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Grand River
Data
Water code US :  1066727
location northwest Ohio (USA)
River system Saint Lawrence River
Drain over Niagara River  → Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
source 3 miles south of the village of Middlefield in southeastern Geauga County, OH
41 ° 24 ′ 50 ″  N , 81 ° 4 ′ 40 ″  W
Source height 376  m
muzzle Lake Erie at Fairport Harbor , Lake County, OH Coordinates: 41 ° 45 ′ 37 "  N , 81 ° 16 ′ 50"  W 41 ° 45 ′ 37 "  N , 81 ° 16 ′ 50"  W
Mouth height 175  m
Height difference 201 m
Bottom slope 1.3 ‰
length 158 km
Catchment area 1844 km²
Ports Fairport Harbor, OH

The Grand River is a 158 km long tributary of Lake Erie on its south bank in the northwestern US state of Ohio .

Together with its tributaries, the Grand River drains a total of 1844 km², which lie in the catchment area of Lake Erie. The river rises 3 miles south of the village of Middlefield in southeastern Geauga County , first flows southeast into Trumbull County and turns north at West Farmington into Ashtabula County . At Austinburg, the Grand River bends west into Lake County and flows into Lake Erie at Fairport Harbor .

On July 28, 2006, the Grand River and its tributaries flooded their banks, causing significant flood damage in Lake and Ashtabula Counties. The river reached a peak height of 3.35 m above normal. The city of Painesville fell more than 275mm of rain on July 27-28 , 2006, and Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties were declared a disaster area. More than 600 people had to be evacuated.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on July 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ a b c Grand River Watershed ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 27, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grandriverpartners.org
  3. ↑ Flood on the Grand River (PDF; 1.6 MB)