Symmes Creek

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Symmes Creek
Symmes Creek near its mouth at Chesapeake in southern Ohio.

Symmes Creek near its mouth at Chesapeake in southern Ohio.

Data
Water code US :  1077020
location southern state of Ohio , USA
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Ohio River  → Mississippi River  → Gulf of Mexico
origin 2 km northwest of Winchester, Jackson County, OH
38 ° 59 ′ 38 "  N , 82 ° 33 ′ 0"  W
Source height 219  m
muzzle Ohio River in the city of Chesapeake, OH Coordinates: 38 ° 25 ′ 38 "  N , 82 ° 26 ′ 58"  W, 38 ° 25 ′ 38 "  N , 82 ° 26 ′ 58"  W
Mouth height 158  m
Height difference 61 m
Bottom slope 0.54 ‰
length 113 km
Catchment area 925 km²
Left tributaries Sand Fork Symmes Creek
Right tributaries Black Fork Symmes Creek

The Symmes Creek is a 113 km long right tributary of the Ohio River in the southern US state of Ohio . He drained an area of 925 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 Symmes Creek rises about 2 kilometers northwest of the village of Winchester in Jackson County . It then flows in a generally southerly direction through the Wayne National Forest and the counties Jackson , Gallia and Lawrence and flows into the Ohio River within the municipality of Chesapeake opposite the city of Huntington . Its main tributaries are the 18 miles long Sand Fork Symmes Creek and the 17 miles long Black Fork Symmes Creek . The United States Board on Geographic Names named the river Symmes Creek in 1902 . In the course of its history it was also called Simms, Big Creek and Symms Creek .

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 from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.8 MB), accessed on August 17, 2010
  3. ↑ Symmes Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Sand Fork Symmes Creek
  4. ↑ Symmes Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey Black Fork Symmes Creek
  5. ^ Symmes Creek in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , accessed August 17, 2010

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