Green Creek (Ohio)

Green Creek
Basin
Progression Green Creek → Sandusky River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → Saint Lawrence River → Gulf of Saint Lawrence
Main source Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio
41°13′47″N 83°04′39″W / 41.2297222°N 83.0775°W / 41.2297222; -83.0775 (Green Creek origin)
Source elevation 703 ft (214 m)
River mouth Confluence with Sandusky River at Lake Erie
41°26′36″N 83°00′42″W / 41.4433333°N 83.0116667°W / 41.4433333; -83.0116667 (Green Creek mouth)
Mouth elevation 568 ft (173 m)
GNIS ID 1066024

Green Creek is a 21.6-mile-long (34.8 km)[1] tributary to the Sandusky River in the northern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It connects Mineral Springs at the village of Green Springs to the Sandusky River.[2]

Green Creek was so named on account of the mineral-stained rocks along its course.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Creek
  3. ↑ Meek, Basil (1909). Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio: And Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 47.


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