White Oak Creek (Brown County, Ohio)

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

White Oak Creek
White Oak Creek near Sardinia
Mouth of White Oak Creek at the Ohio River
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Highland, Brown
Cities	New Hope, White Oak Valley, Georgetown
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Ohio River
• location	Ohio
Discharge
• location	Georgetown
• average	267.8 cubic feet per second (7.58 m3/s)

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

• List of rivers of Ohio

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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