- Tuscarawas River
Geobox River
name = Tuscarawas River
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image_size = 290
image_caption = The Tuscarawas River in Dover in 2006
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country = United States
state = Ohio
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length =
length_imperial = 129.9
length_note =cite web |url= http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/streams/chapter10.pdf |pages = [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/streams/chapter10.pdf#page=11 p. 11] | title= Major Ohio Watersheds |accessdate=2007-01-12 |author= Ohio Department of Natural Resources |work= A Guide to Ohio Streams |year=2000]
watershed =
watershed_imperial = 2590
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discharge_location = Newcomerstown
discharge_average_imperial = 2591
discharge_max_imperial = 46800
discharge_min_imperial = 216
discharge_note = cite web |url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-oh-05/ |pages = [http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr/2005/wdr-oh-05/pdf/vol_1/OHwy05vol1_Pt2.pdf Surface-water records, Surface-water records, Beaver through Muskingum River Basins (p. 41-77)] |title=USGS Ohio Water Resources Data, Water Year 2005. |first= J. P. |last=Mangus |coauthors=S. R. Frum |publisher=United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2007-05-21]
discharge1_location = Massillon
discharge1_average_imperial = 466
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source_location = near Hartville
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source_lat_d = 40
source_lat_m = 56
source_lat_s = 34
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 81
source_long_m = 20
source_long_s = 45
source_long_EW = W
source_coordinates_note =cite web |url=Gnis3|1067076 |title=GNIS entry for Tuscarawas River (Feature ID #1067076)| author= Geographic Names Information System |authorlink=Geographic Names Information System |accessdate=2007-02-04]
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mouth_name = Muskingum River
mouth_location = Coshocton
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mouth_elevation =
mouth_elevation_imperial = 735
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mouth_lat_d = 40
mouth_lat_m = 16
mouth_lat_s = 31
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 81
mouth_long_m = 52
mouth_long_s = 24
mouth_long_EW = W
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map_caption = Map of the Muskingum River watershed showing the Tuscarawas
map_first =The Tuscarawas River is a principal
tributary of theMuskingum River , 129.9 miles (209 km) long, in northeasternOhio in theUnited States . Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of theMississippi River , draining an area of 2,590 square miles (6,708 km²) on glaciated and unglaciated portions of theAllegheny Plateau .It rises southwest of Hartville in northern Stark County, and initially flows westwardly, through Uniontown into southern Summit County, where it passes through the Portage Lakes area south of Akron, and the city of Barberton. From Barberton the Tuscarawas flows generally southwardly through Stark and Tuscarawas Counties, through the communities of Clinton, Canal Fulton, Massillon, Navarre, Bolivar, Zoar, Dover, and New Philadelphia. South of New Philadelphia the river turns to the southwest and west, flowing past Tuscarawas, Gnadenhutten, Port Washington, and Newcomerstown into Coshocton County, where it joins the
Walhonding River at the city of Coshocton to form the Muskingum River.DeLorme (1991). "Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer". Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. pp. 41, 51-52, 60-61. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.] From Barberton downstream, theOhio and Erie Canal was constructed in parallel to the river in 1828-1830; usage began declining in the 1850s, and the canal was damaged beyond repair by flooding in 1913. [Cite web |url=http://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/Learn/The%20West_s%20First%20Canal.as/ |title=Ohio & Erie Canalway: The West's First Canal |author=Ohio & Erie Canalway Association |accessdate=2007-02-04] Portions of the canal'stowpath route are maintained as a hiking and bicycling trail. [Cite web |url=http://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/Explore.as |title=Ohio & Erie Canalway |author=Ohio & Erie Canalway Association |accessdate=2007-02-04]According to the
Geographic Names Information System , the Tuscarawas River has also been known historically by the names Little Muskingum River, Mashongam River, Tuscarawa River, and Tuskarawas Creek.As of 2006 , the state of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has recommended limits on the consumption of fish taken from the river, due to contamination by mercury and PCBs. [cite web| url=http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/fishadvisory/waters/Tuscarawas.html |title= 2006 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory |author=Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Division of Surface Water |date=2006-01-03 |accessdate=2007-02-04]Tributaries
The Tuscarawas River collects Chippewa Creek in Summit County near Clinton, and Sandy Creek in Stark County near Bolivar. In Tuscarawas County, it collects Conotton Creek southeast of Zoar; Sugar Creek at Dover; and Stillwater Creek north of Tuscarawas.
Nimishillen Creek , a tributary of Sandy Creek, drains the city of Canton.Flow rate
At the
United States Geological Survey 'sstream gauge in Newcomerstown, the annual mean flow of the river between 1922 and 2005 was 2,591 ft³/s (73 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 46,800 ft³/s (1,325 m³/s) onJanuary 26 ,1937 . The lowest recorded flow was 216 ft³/s (6 m³/s) onAugust 15 ,1944 .At an upstream gauge in Massillon, the annual mean flow of the river between 1938 and 2005 was 466 ft³/s (13 m³/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 10,700 ft³/s (303 m³/s) on
July 5 ,1969 . The lowest recorded flow was 45 ft³/s (1.3 m³/s) onSeptember 20 ,1999 .ee also
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List of Ohio rivers References
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