Sandy Creek (Ohio) facts for kids
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Sandy Creek near its mouth, downstream of Bolivar Dam in 2006
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 Location of the mouth of Sandy Creek
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| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Hanover Township, Columbiana County 1,299 ft (396 m) 40°46′19″N 80°54′09″W / 40.77194°N 80.90250°W |
| River mouth | Tuscarawas River Bethlehem Township, Stark County 887 ft (270 m) 40°39′28″N 81°26′14″W / 40.65778°N 81.43722°W |
| Length | 41.3 mi (66.5 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Basin size | 504 sq mi (1,310 km2) |
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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. In Sandyville, Tuscarawas County it collects Nimishillen Creek, which drains the city of Canton.
A dry dam, Bolivar Dam, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, spans the creek near its mouth.
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.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Sandy Creek has also been known historically as:
- Big Sandy Creek
- Big Sandy River
- Elks Eye Creek
- Lamanshicolas Creek
- Lamenshikola Creek
