Little Darby Creek (Ohio)

Little Darby Creek
Other name(s)
  • Darby Creek
  • Derby Creek
  • Little Derby Creek[1]
Basin
Main source 40°06′06″N 83°36′10″W / 40.10167°N 83.60278°W / 40.10167; -83.60278
River mouth Big Darby Creek
39°53′37″N 83°13′05″W / 39.89361°N 83.21806°W / 39.89361; -83.21806Coordinates: 39°53′37″N 83°13′05″W / 39.89361°N 83.21806°W / 39.89361; -83.21806
Mouth elevation 827 ft (252 m)
Countries United States
Location Central Ohio

The Little Darby Creek is a tributary to the Darby Creek System in central Ohio.[1] The creeks are part of the Scioto River drainage basin. Little Darby Creek runs from an area near the Lafayette-Plain City Road Bridge downstream to the confluence with Big Darby Creek near the Darby Creek Metro Park. The village of Georgesville, Ohio forms the western edge of the Confluence.

The Little Darby and Big Darby were listed as a state Scenic River in 1984. The creeks were listed as national Scenic Rivers in 1994.[2][3]

Little Darby Creek was for many years appeared bigger of the two creeks at their confluence. This was due to a concrete fill dam across its path just north of the confluence. It was locally known as Oakie's dam. The Franklin County Metro Park System later removed this structure. The Little Darby creek bed has returned to it natural condition and the presence of the dam is now very hard to detect.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Little Darby Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ohio DNR: Big & Little Darby Creek State & National Scenic River". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Big and Little Darby Creeks, Ohio". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved August 15, 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, March 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.