Tuscarawas River

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Tuscarawas River
A canalized section of the Tuscarawas River near Massillon captured in 2006 from the towpath along the Ohio and Erie Canal

A canalized section of the Tuscarawas River near Massillon captured in 2006 from the towpath along the Ohio and Erie Canal

Data
Water code US :  1067076
location Ohio (USA)
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Muskingum  → Ohio  → Mississippi  → Gulf of Mexico
source southwest of Hartville
40 ° 56 ′ 34 "  N , 81 ° 20 ′ 45"  W.
Association with Walhonding River to Muskingum River near Coshocton Coordinates: 40 ° 16 ′ 31 ″  N , 81 ° 52 ′ 24 ″  W 40 ° 16 ′ 31 ″  N , 81 ° 52 ′ 24 ″  W

length 209 km

The Tuscarawas River is one of the two headwaters of the Muskingum River .

It flows from the source to the mouth over a length of 209 km through the northeast of the US state Ohio . The water of the stream flows to the Mississippi over the Muskingum River and further along the Ohio River and thus belongs to the catchment area of the Mississippi.

course

The source of the Tuscarawas is southwest of Hartville , Ohio. It initially flows in a westerly direction and after a few kilometers reaches the Portage Lakes south of Akron and Barberton , Ohio, from the last Ice Age . Until then, the river flows westwards, from here onwards in a southerly direction, including through Tuscarawas County, which is named after it . It passes through the following cities and towns: Clinton , Canal Fulton , Massillon , Navarre , Bolivar , Zoar , Dover and finally New Philadelphia .

In the city of New Philadelphia, the direction of the river bends again first in a south-westerly, later in a westerly direction. In the further course he crosses other cities and towns in Tuscarawas County such as Gnadenhutten , Port Washington and finally Newcomerstown . In the latter city in the southwest of Tuscarawas County, the river crosses into neighboring Coshocton County , Ohio, where it soon joins the Walhonding River near the city of Coshocton . After the confluence, the river is called the Muskingum River .

From Barberton downstream, the Ohio and Erie Canal, built between 1828 and 1830, ran parallel to the Tuscarawas River. In the 1850s, however, it lost its importance again after the advent of the railroad. After a flood in 1913, the canal could no longer be used as a shipping route. Parts of the towpath route running parallel to the canal and river have been preserved and are now used as hiking and cycling trails.

Earlier names

The Tuscarawas River did not always appear under its current name in US history. Rather, it had a number of different names. In the past it was called the Little Muskingum River for a long time , based on the Muskingum River that emerged from it later. The river has also been named as follows: Little Mashongam River , Tuscarawa River and Tuskarawas Creek . The current name was taken from a former Indian village. Its name Tuscarawas meant something like old place and was transferred by European settlers to the river as well as to the county and place of the same name .

Tributaries

The Tuscarawas River is the receiving water of the following watercourses:

  • Chippewa Creek, Estuary near Clinton, Ohio;
  • Sandy Creek , estuary near Bolivar;
  • Conotton Creek , estuary south of Zoarville , Ohio;
  • Sugar Creek, Estuary at Dover, Ohio;
  • Stillwater Creek north of the town of Tuscarawas;
  • Nimishillen Creek, a notable tributary of Sandy Creek, drains Canton , Ohio.

Supplementary data

At the measuring point of the United States Geological Survey near Newcomerstown, the amount of runoff water in the Tuscarawas River is determined. Between 1922 and 2005 the average amount of water flowing downriver per second was 73 m³ / s.

In contrast, the highest flow rate ever measured was 1325 m³ / s. This was determined on January 26, 1937.

In contrast, the lowest flow rate ever measured was only 6 m³ / s. This was measured on August 15, 1944.

The source of the river is 224 meters higher than the confluence with the Muskingum River. With a length of 209 km, this results in an average gradient of the Tuscarawas River of 0.98 m / km.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ DeLorme (Ed.): Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. DeLorme, Yarmouth, Maine 1991, ISBN 0-89933-233-1 , pp. 41, 51-52, 60-61.
  2. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Ohio & Erie Canalway: The West's First Canal. ) Ed. from the Ohio & Erie Canalway Association, oOuJ (download: Sept. 2007)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ohioanderiecanalway.com
  3. ^ Thomas H. Smith: The Mapping of Ohio. Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio 1977, p. 24.
  4. ^ HF Raup: Ohio Place Names Research File. oOuJ
  5. ↑ u. a. DeLorme 1991, pp. 51f., 60f.
  6. ↑ BSDMS Summary Report (1) (PDF; 17 kB) and BSDMS Summary Report (2) (PDF; 22 kB); see. also USGS: Tuscarawas River at Newcomerstown, Ohio, Discharge. (Discharge statistics, long-term).