Conotton Creek ( ) is a tributary of the Tuscarawas River, 38.7 miles (62.3 km) long, in eastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Tuscarawas, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 286 square miles (741 km2) in Carroll, Harrison and Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The source is at 1240 feet and the mouth is at 874 feet. Dover Dam, downstream on the Tuscarawas river, is normally dry, but can impound a reservoir on Conotton and tributaries to a pool elevation of 916 feet for downstream flood control by the Corps of Engineers. From its source in eastern Harrison County, Ohio the creek flows west northwest through Jewitt, Scio, Conotton, Bowerston, Leesville, Sherrodsville, New Cumberland and Somerdale before reaching its mouth in central Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway is situated in the valley. Ohio State Route 151 runs in the valley from near the source to Bowerston. Ohio State Route 212 run along the valley from Bowerston to the mouth. The Conotton Creek Trail runs from Bowerston to Jewett.
The stream was declared navigable by the Ohio legislature in 1808, but the act was repealed in 1816, probably to allow the construction of mill dams.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Conotton Creek has also been known historically as: Connotten Creek Connotton Creek Conolton Creek Conoten Creek Gutgatsink Creek Kannotten Creek Kennottenhead Creek Knottenhead Creek One Leg Creek
Conotton Creek was known in the 19th century as One Leg Creek, named for an Indian who lived near its mouth.
Named Tributaries and sub-Tributaries Tributary Name Flows IntoSource ElevationfeetMouth Elevationfeet Mouth LocationGNIS ID#1066759, 1060856, 1039735, 1066761, 1079578, 1039665, 1047963, 1044610, 1039240, 1047103, 1070756, 1066233, 1041680, 1066093, 1066113, 1037723, 1046069, 1066679, 1042299, 1066767, 1042531, 1066767, and 1066771Lengthmiles Drainage Areasq. Miles notes Huff Run Conotton Creek 1066 875 9.9 13.9 A, Mineral City, Morges, Lindentree Beggar Run Conotton Creek 980 879 2.7 4.45 A Dog Run Conotton Creek 1029 880 3.5 2.94 A Indian Fork Conotton Creek 1116 887 18.9 70.3 A B Dellroy Elliott Run Indian Fork 1040 916 3.5 4.63 B Dellroy Creek Indian Fork 980 917 1.5 1.3 B Willow Run Indian Fork 1040 919 4.8 8.99 B, a.k.a. Messer Run Pleasant Valley Run Indian Fork 1080 936 4.4 8 B, New Harrisburg Cold Spring Run Indian Fork 1146 953 3.4 6.39 Town Creek Indian Fork 1120 974 2.6 3.85 Carrollton Gant Creek Indian Fork 1116 974 4.6 8.33 Thompson Run Conotton Creek 1060 903 3.5 4.11 A Holmes Run Conotton Creek 1000 917 2.2 2.65 Leavittsville McGuire Creek Conotton Creek 1230 920 11.8 49.6 C North Fork McGuire Creek McGuire Creek 1218 927 12.6 26.6 C Petersburg Bear Hole Run North Fork McGuire Creek 1071 948 2.4 2.83 C Scott Run Conotton Creek 1200 947 4.7 3.23 Dining Fork Conotton Creek 1270 974 8 14.7 Kilgore Kirby Run Dining Fork 1235 974 3.3 3.47 Irish Creek Conotton Creek 1240 967 7.6 18.8 a.k.a. Alder Creek, Snow Creek Lick Fork Irish Creek 1237 998 4 5.05 New Rumley Snow Creek Irish Creek 1240 1035 3.4 4.72 Jefferson Creek Conotton Creek 1270 1116 4.6 6.56 Germano
Note A Dover Dam ,GNIS Entry Dover Dam on Tuscarawas River is normally dry, but can inundate this waterway to a pool elevation of 916 feet for downstream flood control by the corps of engineers.MWCD lake levels
Note B Atwood Dam ,GNIS Entry Atwood Dam near the mouth of Indian Fork, impounds Atwood Lake to a normal pool elevation of 928 feet and a maximum elevation of 941 feet on this waterway.
Note C Leesville DamGNIS Entry Leesville Dam sits on McGuire Creek and impounds Leesville Lake to a normal pool elevation of 963 feet and a maximum elevation of 977.5 feet on this waterway.
See also List of rivers of Ohio Conotton Valley Union Local School District Conotton Creek Trail
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