Paint Creek (Scioto River tributary) explained

Paint Creek
Length:	94.7miles
Source1 Elevation:	1100feet^[1]
Mouth Elevation:	~ 590feet^[2]
Discharge1 Avg:	1368cuft/s, USGS water years 1986-2019^[3]
Basin Size:	1143sqmi

Paint Creek is a tributary of the Scioto River, 94.7miles long,^[4] in south-central Ohio in the United States.^[5] Via the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 1143mi2.^[4]

Paint Creek rises in southwestern Madison County and flows initially south-southeastwardly through Fayette County and along the boundaries of Highland and Ross Counties, past the towns of Washington Court House and Greenfield. Downstream of Greenfield, a dam causes the stream to form Paint Creek Lake, part of Paint Creek State Park. Below the dam, Paint Creek flows eastwardly through Ross County, past Bainbridge and just to the south of Chillicothe to its confluence with the Scioto River.^[6]

Tributaries

Principal tributaries include of Paint Creek include:^[5]

• Rattlesnake Creek flows to Paint Creek Lake.
• North Fork Paint Creek, 46.6miles long,^[4] rises in southeastern Madison County and flows generally southeastwardly through Fayette and Ross Counties, past Frankfort, to its confluence with Paint Creek near Chillicothe.^[6] The North Fork drains an area of 236mi2.^[4]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Paint Creek has also been known historically as:

• Alamoneetheepeece
• Chillicotha Creek
• Necunsia Skeintat (Found on Lewis Evans’ A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, published in 1755.)^[7]
• Olomon Sepung
• Olomoni Siipunk
• Pain Creek
• Paint River
• Pait Creek

See also

• List of rivers of Ohio

References

39.2953°N -82.9332°W

Notes and References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. Florence quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1991.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. Chillicothe East quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1992.
3. Web site: USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 03234300. 2020-07-15. waterdata.usgs.gov.
4. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. A Guide to Ohio Streams. Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf)
5. http://www.bartleby.com/69/7/P00307.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
6. • DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.
7. Web site: Evans. Lewis. A General map of the Middle British Colonies in America. Lewis Evans. Library of Congress.