Laughery Creek
| Laughery Creek | ||
 Laughery Creek near the estuary |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 437647 | |
| location | Indiana , USA | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | with Napoleon 39 ° 11 ′ 30 " N , 85 ° 18 ′ 52" W. |
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| muzzle | South of Aurora in the Ohio River Coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′ 52 " N , 84 ° 52 ′ 40" W 39 ° 1 ′ 52 " N , 84 ° 52 ′ 40" W |
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| Mouth height |
137 m
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| length | approx. 130 km | |
| Left tributaries | Little Laughery Creek, Ripley Creek, Hayes Branch | |
| Right tributaries | South Fork Laughery Creek | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Versailles Lake | |
The Laughery Creek is an approximately 130 kilometers long right tributary of the Ohio River in the southeast of the US state Indiana . The river was named after Colonel Archibald Lochry , who was slain near Aurora by a Shawnee Indian with a tomahawk in 1781 .
course
Laughery Creek rises just south of Napoleon in Ripley County and initially flows north to the confluence of Tub Creek . From here he takes an easterly course to the mouth of Little Laughery Creek . It now meanders to the south, mostly accompanied by a forest fringe and is dammed near Versailles in Versailles State Park to Versailles Lake . It leaves the reservoir again and flows mainly in an easterly direction to the confluence with the Ohio River south of Aurora. On this last section, it forms the boundary between Ohio and Dearborn Counties .
