Little Scioto River (Ohio River)

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Little Scioto River
The Little Scioto River near its confluence with the Ohio River at Sciotoville.

The Little Scioto River near its confluence with the Ohio River at Sciotoville.

Data
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
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
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

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on August 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Rocky Fork
  4. ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Sugarcamp Creek
  5. ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Holland Fork
  6. ↑ Little Scioto River (Ohio River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey , accessed August 17, 2010
  7. ^ Cleanup Little Scioto River , accessed August 17, 2010

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