Leatherwood Creek (Wills Creek tributary)

Leatherwood Creek
Leatherwood Creek in Cambridge in December 2010
Leatherwood Creek and its watershed
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CountiesBelmont, Noble, Guernsey
MunicipalitiesQuaker City, Salesville, Lore City, Cambridge
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnear Barnesville in Warren Township, Belmont County
 • coordinates39°59′25″N 81°11′21″W / 39.9903483°N 81.1892745°W / 39.9903483; -81.1892745[1]
 • elevation1,139 ft (347 m)[2]
MouthWills Creek
 • location
Cambridge
 • coordinates
40°00′36″N 81°34′36″W / 40.0100720°N 81.5767893°W / 40.0100720; -81.5767893[1]
 • elevation
778 ft (237 m)[1]
Length28.6 mi (46.0 km)
Basin size91.6 sq mi (237 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationnear Kipling[3]
 • average82.9 cu ft/s (2.35 m3/s)[3]
 • minimum0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
 • maximum10,100 cu ft/s (290 m3/s)

Leatherwood Creek is a tributary of Wills Creek, 28.6 miles (46.0 km) long,[4] in eastern Ohio in the United States. Via Wills Creek and the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 91.6 square miles (237 km2)[4] on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Leatherwood Creek rises just outside the western boundary[5] of the village of Barnesville in Warren Township in Belmont County and flows generally westward, first through a small portion of northeastern Beaver Township in Noble County, and into Guernsey County where it flows through Millwood, Richland, Wills, Center, and Cambridge townships, and through the villages of Quaker City, Salesville, and Lore City. It flows into Wills Creek in the southern part of the city of Cambridge.[6]

Leatherwood Creek was named for the leatherwood which grew along its course.[7]

  1. ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Leatherwood Creek (Feature ID #1066352)". Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  2. ^ The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine elevation query for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2013-05-14.
  3. ^ a b "Water resources data for the United States, Water Year 2011: U.S. Geological Survey Water Data Report 2011, 03141870 Leatherwood Creek near Kipling, OH" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. 2012. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
  4. ^ a b Ohio Department of Natural Resources (August 2001). "Gazetteer of Ohio Streams" (PDF). p. 77. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  5. ^ The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine query for GNIS source coordinates. Retrieved on 2013-05-14.
  6. ^ Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1991. pp. 61, 71–72. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.
  7. ^ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 29.