Monday Creek

Monday Creek
Monday Creek near Nelsonville in 2006
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesPerry, Hocking, Athens
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPerry County, Ohio, approximately 2 mi (3 km) north of Shawnee[1]
 • coordinates39°37′48″N 82°11′54″W / 39.63000°N 82.19833°W / 39.63000; -82.19833[3]
 • elevationApprox. 820 ft (250 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
Hocking River in Athens County, Ohio, approximately 2 mi (3.2 km) southeast of Nelsonville[1]
 • coordinates
39°25′01″N 82°11′34″W / 39.41694°N 82.19278°W / 39.41694; -82.19278[3]
 • elevation
659 ft (201 m)[3]
Length27.0 mi (43.5 km)[4]
Basin size116 sq mi (300 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationDoanville
 • average126.27 cu ft/s (3.576 m3/s), USGS water years 1998-2015[6]

Monday Creek is a tributary of the Hocking River, 27 miles (43 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Hocking and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 116 square miles (300 km2) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.[7] Monday Creek has been badly affected by acid mine drainage.

  1. ^ a b DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. New Lexington quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1992.
  3. ^ a b c "Geographic Names Information System entry for Monday Creek". Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  4. ^ Ohio Department of Natural Resources. "Major Ohio Watersheds" (PDF). A Guide to Ohio Streams. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-09. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  5. ^ Ohio Department of Natural Resources. "Map of Ohio watersheds". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-01-10.
  6. ^ "USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics for Ohio: USGS 03158200 Monday Creek at Doanville OH". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  7. ^ The Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development at Ohio University; Rural Action, Inc. (January 1999). "A Comprehensive Plan for the Monday Creek Watershed: A Collaboration of The Partners of the Monday Creek Restoration Project and the Residents of the Monday Creek Watershed" (PDF). pp. 22–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2007-01-10.