Sandy Creek (Ohio)

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Sandy Creek
none Sandy Creek near its mouth, downstream of Bolivar Dam in 2006
Sandy Creek near its mouth, downstream of Bolivar Dam in 2006
Country United States
State Ohio
Length 41.3 mi (66.5 km) [1]
Watershed 503 sq mi (1,303 km²) [1]
Discharge at Waynesburg
 - average 278 cu ft/s (8 m³/s) [2]
 - maximum 15,000 cu ft/s (425 m³/s)
 - minimum 6.9 cu ft/s (0 m³/s)
Source
 - location Hanover Township, Columbiana County
 - coordinates 40°46′19″N 80°54′09″W / 40.77194, -80.9025 [3]
 - elevation 1,323 ft (403 m) [4]
Mouth Tuscarawas River
 - location Bethlehem Township, Stark County
 - coordinates 40°39′28″N 81°26′14″W / 40.65778, -81.43722 [3]
 - elevation 886 ft (270 m) [5]
Major tributaries
 - right Nimishillen Creek

Sandy Creek is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, 41.3 miles (66.5 km) long, in northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 503 square miles (1,303 km²).

Sandy Creek rises in Hanover Township, approximately two miles (3 km) northeast of Hanoverton in western Columbiana County and flows generally west-southwestwardly through northwestern Carroll County, southeastern Stark County and northeastern Tuscarawas County, past the communities of Minerva, Malvern, Waynesburg and Magnolia. It joins the Tuscarawas River from the east in Bethlehem Township in Stark County, approximately one mile (2 km) northeast of Bolivar. At Waynesburg it collects a short stream known as Little Sandy Creek[6]. In Tuscarawas County it collects Nimishillen Creek, which drains the city of Canton.[7]

A dry dam, Bolivar Dam, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spans the creek near its mouth.[7][8]

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[edit] Flow rate

At the United States Geological Survey's stream gauge in Waynesburg, the annual mean flow of the river between 1939 and 2005 was 278 ft³/s (8 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 15,000 ft³/s (425 m³/s) on January 22, 1959. The lowest recorded flow was 6.9 ft³/s (0 m³/s) on an unspecified date.[2]

[edit] Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Sandy Creek has also been known historically as:[3]

  • Big Sandy Creek
  • Big Sandy River
  • Elks Eye Creek
  • Lamanshicolas Creek
  • Lamenshikola Creek

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Major Ohio Watersheds. A Guide to Ohio Streams p. 11. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
  2. ^ a b Mangus, J. P.; S. R. Frum. USGS Ohio Water Resources Data, Water Year 2005. Surface-water records, Surface-water records, Beaver through Muskingum River Basins (p. 41-77). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
  3. ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System. GNIS entry for Sandy Creek (Feature ID #1066944). Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
  4. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates
  5. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS mouth coordinates
  6. ^ Geographic Names Information System entry for Little Sandy Creek. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.
  7. ^ a b (1991) Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme, pp. 51-53. ISBN 0-89933-233-1. 
  8. ^ United States Army Corps of Engineers. Bolivar Dam. Retrieved on 2007-01-12.