Little Scioto River (Ohio River)
Little Scioto River | ||
The Little Scioto River near its confluence with the Ohio River at Sciotoville. |
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Water code | US : 1076262 | |
location | southern state of Ohio , USA | |
River system | Mississippi River | |
Drain over | Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
origin | 7 km northeast of the village of Beaver, western Jackson County, OH 39 ° 4 ′ 23 " N , 82 ° 47 ′ 8" W |
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Source height | 288 m | |
muzzle | Ohio River in the east of the city of Sciotoville, OH Coordinates: 38 ° 45 ′ 18 " N , 82 ° 53 ′ 5" W 38 ° 45 ′ 18 " N , 82 ° 53 ′ 5" W |
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Mouth height | 149 m | |
Height difference | 139 m | |
Bottom slope | 2.1 ‰ | |
length | 66 km | |
Catchment area | 603 km² | |
Left tributaries | Holland Fork, Sugarcamp Fork | |
Right tributaries | Rocky Fork |
The Little Scioto River is a 41 miles long right tributary of the Ohio River in the southern US state of Ohio . He drained an area of 603 square kilometers and is part of the river system of the Mississippi River . It drains into the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio River and Mississippi River .
The Little Scioto River rises about 7 kilometers northeast of the village of Beaver in western Jackson County . It then flows in a generally south-southwest direction through the counties Jackson and Scioto and flows into the Ohio River in the east of the city of Sciotoville . Its main tributaries are the 14 miles long Rocky Fork Little Scioto River , 14 miles long Sugarcamp Creek and the 13 miles long Holland Fork . The United States Board on Geographic Names named the river Little Scioto River in 1913 . In the course of its history it was also called Brushy Fork, Little Siota River and Little Sciota River .
The river's water has been heavily polluted by creosote in the past . A company located near the river that produced wood preservatives is considered to be the cause . In 2002 a large-scale project began to clean up the contaminated company premises and a 2-kilometer stretch of river.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on August 17, 2010.
- ↑ a b c Gazetteer of Ohio Streams ( Memento of October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.7 MB), accessed on August 17, 2010
- ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Rocky Fork
- ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Sugarcamp Creek
- ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Holland Fork
- ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed August 17, 2010
- ^ Cleanup Little Scioto River , accessed August 17, 2010
Web links
- Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
- Gazetteer of Ohio Streams ( Memento from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.7 MB)
- Little Scioto River