Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River)
Sugar Creek | ||
The Sugar Creek below the Beach City Dam. |
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Water code | US : 1066988 | |
location | northeastern state of Ohio , USA | |
River system | Mississippi River | |
Drain over | Tuscarawas River → Muskingum River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico | |
origin | 4 miles north of the village of Wooster in central Wayne County, OH 40 ° 54 ′ 32 " N , 81 ° 55 ′ 7" W |
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Source height | 349 m | |
muzzle | Tuscarawas River, on the western outskirts of Dover in Tuscarawas County, OH Coordinates: 40 ° 30 ′ 39 ″ N , 81 ° 28 ′ 41 ″ W, 40 ° 30 ′ 39 ″ N , 81 ° 28 ′ 41 ″ W |
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Mouth height | 261 m | |
Height difference | 88 m | |
Bottom slope | 1.2 ‰ | |
length | 72 km | |
Catchment area | 945 km² | |
Right tributaries | Little Sugar Creek, North Fork Sugar Creek, Middle Fork Sugar Creek, South Fork Sugar Creek | |
Reservoirs flowed through | Beach City Lake |
The Sugar Creek is a 72 km long right tributary of the Tuscarawas River in the northeastern US state of Ohio . It drains an area of 945 square kilometers and is part of the river system of the Mississippi River . It drains into the Gulf of Mexico via the Tuscarawas River, Muskingum River , Ohio River and Mississippi River .
Sugar Creek rises six kilometers north of the village of Wooster in central Wayne County at an altitude of 349 m. It flows generally in a south-easterly direction through the counties Wayne, Stark and Tuscarawas and reaches the confluence with the Tuscarawas River at a height of 270 m on the southwestern outskirts of Dover . Sandy Creek's major tributaries include Little Sugar Creek , North Fork Sugar Creek , Middle Fork Sugar Creek, and South Fork Sugar Creek . The catchment area of Sugar Creek consists of 49% arable land, 28% forest and 18% meadows and pastures, while the remaining 5% is urbanized or consists of bodies of water and wetlands.
In 1936, the United States Army Corps of Engineers built the Beach City Dam , southeast of Beach City, just below the mouth of the South Fork, to protect against flooding and dam the 1.7 km² Beach City Lake .
According to the Geographic Names Information System , Sugar Creek has had several names throughout its history, including Margarets Creek and Margrets Creek .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on August 13, 2010.
- ↑ a b c d Sugar Creek Watershed ( Memento of the original from March 25, 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.
- ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Little Sugar Creek
- ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey North Fork
- ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Middle Fork
- ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey South Fork
- ^ Beach City Dam
- ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Beach City Dam
- ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Sugar Creek