Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River)

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Sugar Creek
The Sugar Creek below the Beach City Dam.

The Sugar Creek below the Beach City Dam.

Data
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
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
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

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth altitude for GNIS coordinates, accessed on August 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.epa.ohio.gov
  3. ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Little Sugar Creek
  4. ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey North Fork
  5. ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Middle Fork
  6. ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey South Fork
  7. ^ Beach City Dam
  8. ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Beach City Dam
  9. ^ Sugar Creek (Tuscarawas River) in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Sugar Creek

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