Sandy Creek (Ohio)

Sandy Creek
River
Sandy Creek near its mouth, downstream of Bolivar Dam in 2006
Country United States
State Ohio
Tributaries
 - left Still Fork
 - right Nimishillen Creek
Source
 - location Hanover Township, Columbiana County
 - elevation 1,299 ft (396 m) [1]
 - coordinates 40°46′19″N 80°54′09″W / 40.77194°N 80.90250°W / 40.77194; -80.90250 [2]
Mouth Tuscarawas River
 - location Bethlehem Township, Stark County
 - elevation 887 ft (270 m) [1]
 - coordinates 40°39′28″N 81°26′14″W / 40.65778°N 81.43722°W / 40.65778; -81.43722Coordinates: 40°39′28″N 81°26′14″W / 40.65778°N 81.43722°W / 40.65778; -81.43722 [2]
Length 41.3 mi (66.5 km) [1]
Basin 504 sq mi (1,305 km2) [1]
Discharge for Waynesburg
 - average 278 cu ft/s (8 m3/s) [3]
 - max 15,000 cu ft/s (425 m3/s)
 - min 6.9 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
Location of the mouth of Sandy 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 Kensington, 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 Minerva, it collects the Still Fork. At Waynesburg it collects a short stream known as Little Sandy Creek.[4] In Sandyville, Tuscarawas County it collects Nimishillen Creek, which drains the city of Canton.[5]

A dry dam, Bolivar Dam, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spans the creek near its mouth.[5][6]

Flow rate

At the United States Geological Survey's stream gauge in Waynesburg,[7] 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.[3]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Sandy Creek has also been known historically as:[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ohio Department of Natural Resources. "GAZETTEER_OF_OHIO_STREAMS" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  2. 1 2 3 Geographic Names Information System. "GNIS entry for Sandy Creek (Feature ID #1066944)". Retrieved 2007-01-12.
  3. 1 2 Mangus, J. P.; S. R. Frum. "USGS Ohio Water Resources Data, Water Year 2005.". United States Geological Survey. pp. Surface-water records, Surface-water records, Beaver through Muskingum River Basins (p. 41–77). Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  4. ↑ "Geographic Names Information System entry for Little Sandy Creek". Retrieved 2007-01-12.
  5. 1 2 Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1991. pp. 51–53. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.
  6. ↑ United States Army Corps of Engineers. "Bolivar Dam". Retrieved 2007-01-12.
  7. ↑ real time flow information
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