Turtle Creek starts from the western plateau above the Little Miami River between Fort Ancient and Oregonia and flows westward through the city of Lebanon, with forks roughly following Wilmington and Oregonia Roads. West of Lebanon it turns south and empties into the Little Miami River at South Lebanon. A North Fork of Turtle Creek begins north of State Route 122 and roughly follows State Route 48 south, joining the main creek in downtown Lebanon.
Named tributaries include Reeders Run, Swamp Run, and Dry Run creeks. Reeders Run flows roughly from State Route 123 south of Red Lion and along Markey Rd, entering Turtle Creek west of Lebanon. Swamp Run flows from an area south of Lebanon Correctional Institution, and enters Turtle Creek near the intersection of Columbia Road and Turtlecreek Road between Lebanon and South Lebanon. Dry Run follows Interstate 71 southward and enters Turtle Creek near the center of South Lebanon very close the mouth of Turtle Creek at the Little Miami River.[6]
Water from Turtle Creek was once used to feed the upper section of the Warren County Canal which started at Lebanon and connected to the Miami and Erie Canal in Middletown. An earth dam was once constructed on the turtle Creek near Lebanon, creating a 40-acre (160,000 m2) reservoir to supply water to the canal.[7]
Early settler Henry Taylor operated a grist mill on the creek in Lebanon in from about 1796 to 1803. It was one of the first mills in Warren County. It was later sold and abandoned due to limited flow of water in the dry months.[8]
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turtle, creek, little, miami, river, tributary, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, turtle, creek, littl. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Turtle Creek Little Miami River tributary news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Turtle Creek is a 13 7 mile long 22 0 km 1 tributary of the Little Miami River in Turtlecreek Township Warren County Ohio 2 which takes its name from this creek Turtle Creek is named for Chief Little Turtle of the Miami Indian Tribe 3 4 Turtle Creek is a tributary within the Little Miami and Ohio River watersheds 5 Turtle Creek starts from the western plateau above the Little Miami River between Fort Ancient and Oregonia and flows westward through the city of Lebanon with forks roughly following Wilmington and Oregonia Roads West of Lebanon it turns south and empties into the Little Miami River at South Lebanon A North Fork of Turtle Creek begins north of State Route 122 and roughly follows State Route 48 south joining the main creek in downtown Lebanon Named tributaries include Reeders Run Swamp Run and Dry Run creeks Reeders Run flows roughly from State Route 123 south of Red Lion and along Markey Rd entering Turtle Creek west of Lebanon Swamp Run flows from an area south of Lebanon Correctional Institution and enters Turtle Creek near the intersection of Columbia Road and Turtlecreek Road between Lebanon and South Lebanon Dry Run follows Interstate 71 southward and enters Turtle Creek near the center of South Lebanon very close the mouth of Turtle Creek at the Little Miami River 6 Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 See also 4 ReferencesLocation editMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Mouth Confluence with the Little Miami River at South Lebanon 39 22 11 N 84 13 14 W 39 3697815 N 84 2204923 W 39 3697815 84 2204923 Turtle Creek mouth 2 Origin Warren County east of Lebanon 39 26 15 N 84 07 31 W 39 4375602 N 84 1252126 W 39 4375602 84 1252126 Turtle Creek origin 2 History editWater from Turtle Creek was once used to feed the upper section of the Warren County Canal which started at Lebanon and connected to the Miami and Erie Canal in Middletown An earth dam was once constructed on the turtle Creek near Lebanon creating a 40 acre 160 000 m2 reservoir to supply water to the canal 7 Early settler Henry Taylor operated a grist mill on the creek in Lebanon in from about 1796 to 1803 It was one of the first mills in Warren County It was later sold and abandoned due to limited flow of water in the dry months 8 See also editList of rivers of OhioReferences edit U S Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data The National Map accessed May 26 2011 a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Turtle Creek Turtlecreek Township Archived from the original on 2010 11 16 Retrieved 2009 06 08 Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad Ticket Office amp Gift Shop 127 S Broadway Lebanon Ohio 45036 Archived from the original on 2008 08 28 Retrieved 2008 11 02 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2009 05 12 Retrieved 2009 06 08 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 11 17 Retrieved 2009 06 08 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link The Warren County Canal Archived from the original on 2011 02 23 Retrieved 2009 06 08 Lebanon s First Grist Mill on Turtle Creek Archived from the original on 2011 02 19 Retrieved 2009 06 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Turtle Creek Little Miami River tributary amp oldid 1105572947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
