Flatrock Creek (Auglaize River tributary)

Not to be confused with Flatrock River.

Flatrock Creek is a 57.2-mile-long (92.1 km)^[1] tributary of the Auglaize River^[2] in northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio in the United States. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Erie.

Flatrock Creek in Paulding, Ohio, in October 2022

It rises in a group of headwater streams along the border between Adams County, Indiana and Van Wert County, Ohio, approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Decatur, Indiana.^[3] The creek flows northwest from Ohio into eastern Allen County, Indiana, then turns northeast at Monroeville, Indiana and flows into Paulding County, Ohio, past Payne and Paulding. It joins the Auglaize from the west approximately 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Defiance at 41°10′34″N 84°26′27″W.

See also

• List of rivers of Indiana
• List of rivers of Ohio

References

1. 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
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flatrock Creek in Ohio, including mouth at the Auglaize River
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flatrock Creek in Indiana, including source in Adams County