Sugar Creek (Wabash River)

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Sugar Creek
River course (above) in the catchment area of ​​the Wabash River

River course (above) in the catchment area of ​​the Wabash River

Data
Water code US :  444324
location Indiana (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Wabash  → Ohio  → Mississippi  → Gulf of Mexico
source in Clinton County
40 ° 15 ′ 59 "  N , 86 ° 14 ′ 28"  W.
muzzle Wabash River Coordinates: 39 ° 50 '54 "  N , 87 ° 21' 42"  W 39 ° 50 '54 "  N , 87 ° 21' 42"  W.
Mouth height 146  m

length approx. 150 km
Catchment area 2100 km²
Discharge at Crawfordsville
A Eo gauge : 1318 km² 		MQ 1939/2015
Mq 1939/2015
 		14.5 m³ / s
11 l / (s km²)
Small towns Crawfordsville
Communities Darlington, Kirklin, Mechanicsburg, Thorntown
Sugar Creek in Shades State Park

Sugar Creek in Shades State Park

Sugar Creek in Turkey Run State Park

Sugar Creek in Turkey Run State Park

The Sugar Creek is a left tributary of the Wabash River in the US state of Indiana . The river is about 150 km long and drains an area of ​​2100 km². The mean discharge at the Crawfordsville gauge is 14.5 m³ / s.

Sugar Creek has its source in Clinton County 55 km north of Indianapolis . It flows mainly in a west-southwest direction. The towns of Kirklin, Mechanicsburg, Thorntown and Darlington are located along the course of the river. Then he passes the northern edge of the city of Crawfordsville . Shades State Park and Turkey Run State Park are protected areas on the lower reaches . Finally, the Sugar Creek flows into the Wabash River 40 km north of Terre Haute .

nature

The lower reaches are the national natural monuments ( National Natural Landmark ) Pine Hills (Shades State Park) and Rocky Hollow Falls Canyon Nature Preserve (in Turkey Run State Park). Canadian yew , Canadian hemlock and Weymouth pine , relics of the last ice age, grow along the course of the river . The Sugar Creek provides a habitat for endangered animal species such as the freshwater mussel Pleurobema clava (“clubshell mussel”) and the perch species Percina evides (“applies to darter”).

Web links

Commons : Sugar Creek  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sugar Creek in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System
  2. ↑ Sugar Watershed - 12 Digit HUCs (PDF 563 KB) USDA - NRCS. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ USGS 03339500 SUGAR CREEK AT CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
  4. ↑ a b c Facts about Wabash River and Sugar Creek (PDF 82.6 KB) Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources. Retrieved August 1, 2017.