| Green Creek | |
|---|---|
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio |
| • coordinates | 41°13′47″N 83°04′39″W / 41.2297222°N 83.0775°W / 41.2297222; -83.0775 (Green Creek origin) |
| • elevation | 703 ft (214 m) |
| Mouth | |
| • location | Confluence with Sandusky River at Lake Erie |
| • coordinates | 41°26′36″N 83°00′42″W / 41.4433333°N 83.0116667°W / 41.4433333; -83.0116667 (Green Creek mouth) |
| • elevation | 568 ft (173 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Green Creek → Sandusky River → Lake Erie → Great Lakes → Saint Lawrence River → Gulf of Saint Lawrence |
| GNIS ID | 1066024 |
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Green Creek is a 21.6-mile-long (34.8 km) 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.
Green Creek was so named on account of the mineral-stained rocks along its course.
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 19, 2011
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Green Creek
- Meek, Basil (1909). Twentieth Century History of Sandusky County, Ohio: And Representative Citizens. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company. p. 47.
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