Captina Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
Region | Midwest |
District | Southern Belmont County, Northern Monroe County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | North Fork Captina Creek |
• location | Near Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio |
Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | Powhatan Point, Belmont County, Ohio |
• coordinates | 39°51′36″N 80°48′03″W / 39.8599°N 80.8009°W |
Length | 35 mi (56 km) |
Basin size | 227 sq mi (590 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Armstrongs Mill |
• average | 163 cu ft/s (4.6 m3/s), USGS water years 1927-1935 and 1959-2002[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth |
• average | 226.72 cu ft/s (6.420 m3/s) (estimate) [2] |
Captina Creek is a 35 miles (56 km) long creek located in southeastern Ohio, and a tributary of the Ohio River.[3] Captina Creek is an important creek to the region and home to about 56 species of fish.