White Oak Creek (Brown County, Ohio)

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White Oak Creek (Brown County, Ohio)
Location
CountryUnited States
State Ohio
Counties Highland, Brown
Cities New Hope, White Oak Valley, Georgetown
Physical characteristics
Mouth Ohio River
 • location
Ohio
Discharge 
 • locationGeorgetown
 • average267.8 cubic feet per second (7.58 m3/s)

White Oak Creek is a stream located primarily within Brown County, Ohio. It begins in Highland County, Ohio. [1]

The stream was named for the white oak timber along its course. [2]

A USGS stream gauge on the creek near Georgetown recorded a mean annual discharge of 267.8 cubic feet per second (7.58 m3/s) during water years 1925–2011. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: White Oak Creek (Brown County, Ohio)
  2. ↑ The History of Brown County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc. Higginson Book Company. 1883. p.  629.
  3. ↑ "USGS Surface Water data for Ohio: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-17.

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