Leading Creek (Ohio)

Leading Creek
Leading Creek in Rutland Township in 2007
Map of Leading Creek and its watershed
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesAthens, Meigs
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLee Township, Athens County
 • coordinates39°14′09″N 82°13′09″W / 39.2359064°N 82.2190367°W / 39.2359064; -82.2190367[1]
 • elevation820 ft (250 m)[2]
MouthOhio River
 • location
Middleport
 • coordinates
38°59′04″N 82°04′18″W / 38.9845230°N 82.0715312°W / 38.9845230; -82.0715312[1]
 • elevation
538 ft (164 m)[1]
Length29.5 mi (47.5 km)
Basin size150 sq mi (390 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftLittle Leading Creek

Leading Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, 29.5 miles (47.5 km) long,[3] in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 150 square miles (390 km2)[3] on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau. The creek's headwaters are in southern Athens County and it flows for most of its length in western Meigs County; its tributaries also drain a small area of northeastern Gallia County.[4]

Leading Creek rises northwest of Albany in Lee Township in Athens County and initially flows southward into Meigs County, through Columbia Township, past the community of Carpenter; then southeastward through Salem, Rutland, and Salisbury townships, through the community of Langsville. It flows into the Ohio River at the south end of the village of Middleport.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Leading Creek (Feature ID #1066794)". Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  2. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2011-03-07.
  3. ^ a b Ohio Department of Natural Resources (August 2001). "Gazetteer of Ohio Streams" (PDF). pp. 63–64. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  4. ^ a b Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1991. pp. 79–80, 87. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.