Little Beaver Creek
| Little Beaver Creek | ||
 Little Beaver Creek near Fredericktown in Ohio |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1066801 | |
| location | Ohio , Pennsylvania (USA) | |
| River system | Ohio River | |
| Drain over | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| confluence | of Middle Fork and West Fork Little Beaver Creek at Williamsport in Columbiana County, OH 40 ° 43 ′ 18 ″ N , 80 ° 37 ′ 43 ″ W |
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| Source height | 294 m | |
| muzzle | Ohio River near Glasgow in Beaver County, PA Coordinates: 40 ° 38 ′ 34 " N , 80 ° 30 ′ 43" W 40 ° 38 ′ 34 " N , 80 ° 30 ′ 43" W |
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| Mouth height | 203 m | |
| Height difference | 91 m | |
| Bottom slope | 3.5 ‰ | |
| length | 26 km | |
| Catchment area | 1567 km² | |
| Left tributaries | North Fork Little Beaver Creek | |
| National Wild and Scenic River | ||
| Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek | ||
| Water code | US : 1043264 | |
| location | Ohio (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Little Beaver Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | in Columbiana County 40 ° 52 ′ 21 ″ N , 80 ° 53 ′ 32 ″ W. |
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| Union | with West Fork to Little Beaver Creek 40 ° 43 ′ 20 ″ N , 80 ° 37 ′ 36 ″ W |
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| Mouth height |
294 m
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| length | 65 km | |
| Catchment area | 382 km² | |
| National Wild and Scenic River | ||
| North Fork Little Beaver Creek | ||
| Water code | US : 1043906 | |
| location | Ohio , Pennsylvania (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Little Beaver Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | in Columbiana County 40 ° 56 ′ 4 ″ N , 80 ° 36 ′ 57 ″ W. |
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| muzzle | in Little Beaver Creek 40 ° 42 ′ 47 " N , 80 ° 32 ′ 37" W. |
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| Mouth height |
223 m
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| length | 55 km | |
| Catchment area | 474 km² | |
| National Wild and Scenic River | ||
| West Fork Little Beaver Creek | ||
| Water code | US : 1047753 | |
| location | Ohio (USA) | |
| River system | Mississippi River | |
| Drain over | Little Beaver Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | in Columbiana County 40 ° 47 ′ 41 ″ N , 80 ° 52 ′ 19 ″ W. |
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| Union | with the Middle Fork to Little Beaver Creek 40 ° 43 ′ 19 ″ N , 80 ° 37 ′ 36 ″ W |
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| Mouth height |
293 m
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| length | 40.5 km | |
| Catchment area | 290 km² | |
| National Wild and Scenic River | ||
The Little Beaver Creek is a right 26 km long tributary of the Ohio River in the northeastern US state of Ohio and western Pennsylvania . It drains into the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio River and Mississippi River . The Little Beaver Creek is part of the river system of the Mississippi River and drained together with its tributaries an area of 1,567 square kilometers. The creek is formed by the confluence of the two headwaters Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek and West Fork Little Beaver Creek at Westpoint in Columbiana County in Ohio and then flows in a generally southeastern direction to the confluence with the town of Glasgow in the Ohio River.
The Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek rises southwest of Salem and flows north into Mahoning County , then turns southeast to the connection with the West Fork Little Beaver Creek. The Middle Fork is 65 km long and drains an area of 382 km². The West Fork Little Beaver Creek rises in southern Butler Township in Columbiana County and flows south, forming Guilford Lake, taking in Brush Creek and then turning east to the confluence with Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek . The West Fork has a length of 40.5 km and drains an area of around 290 km². The third source river is the North Fork Little Beaver Creek and has its source in Springfield Township in Mahoning County. It first flows southeast to Pennsylvania and then returns west to Ohio. It flows into Little Beaver Creek about 13 km below the confluence of the Middle and West Fork. The North Fork is 55 km long and drains an area of 474 km².
A large part of the river system (a total of 53 river kilometers) of Little Beaver Creek and its headwaters are listed in the "scenic" category as National Wild and Scenic River .
Characteristic for the catchment area of Little Beaver Creek are deep valleys, wooded slopes and isolated rocks. The river itself is covered by large boulders and there are numerous rapids, but also calm stretches of river and clear, fast-flowing tributaries. 63 species of fish, 49 different mammals, 140 bird species and 46 different species of reptiles and amphibians were counted in the catchment area, including Ohio's largest population of the endangered Hellbender salamander .
Web links
- Beaver Creek State Park
- River facts
- Little Beaver Creek Watershed (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ Little Beaver Creek in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
- ↑ a b c d e Little Beaver Watershed (PDF; 1.5 MB), accessed on July 25, 2010
- ↑ North Fork Little Beaver Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ West Fork Little Beaver Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b National Wild & Scenic Rivers - Little Beaver Creek ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
