Lusk Creek

	Lusk Creek Lusk Creek is a creek located in southeastern Illinois. It is a tributary of the Ohio River, which it joins at Golconda. Lusk Creek flows through the Lusk Creek Canyon, which is perhaps the wildest place in Illinois. Only a single bridge crosses the creek. The watershed is almost entirely within the Shawnee National Forest, and includes the Lusk Creek Wilderness Area. The entire watershed is within Pope County. The creek is about in length.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 The creek is named for Maj. James Lusk and the Lusk family that operated Lusk's Ferry near where the creek enters the Ohio River. See also List of Illinois rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River Ohio River * Lusk Creek * Saline River Wabash River * Little Wabash River * Skillet Fork * Elm River * Fox River ... Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pope County, Illinois Pope County is the southeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,763, making it the second-least populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Golconda. The county was organized in 1816 from portions of Gallatin and Johnson counties and named after Nathaniel Pope, a politician and jurist from the Illinois Territory and State of Illinois. History The first permanent settlement in future Pope County was established in 1798 at the modern-day site of Golconda, then a part of the Northwest Territory which operated as a ferry point across the Ohio River. The county was formed in 1816 from portions of Gallatin and Johnson Counties. File:Pope County Illinois 1816.png, Pope County from the time of its creation in 1816 to 1839 File:Pope County Illinois 1839.png, Pope County between 1839 and 1843 File:Pope County Illinois 1843.png, Pope County between 1843 and 1847 File:Pope County Illinois 1847.png, In 1847, Pope' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shawnee National Forest The Shawnee National Forest is a United States National Forest located in the Ozark and Shawnee Hills of Southern Illinois, United States. Administered by the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, it consists of approximately 280,000 acres (1,100 km²) of federally managed lands. In descending order of land area it is located in parts of Pope, Jackson, Union, Hardin, Alexander, Saline, Gallatin, Johnson, and Massac counties. Forest headquarters are located in Harrisburg, Illinois. There are local ranger district offices in Jonesboro and Vienna. The Shawnee National Forest is also the single largest publicly owned body of land in the state of Illinois. It is considered part of Southern Illinois, and is south of the St. Louis, Missouri, and Metro East areas, in area code 618. Portions of it are in the far south area of Illinois known as Little Egypt. Cities in or near the area are Carbondale, Illinois, Marion, Illinois, and Cairo, Illinois. Designated as the Illini and Shawne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end. Scientific study of confluences Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies the characteristic flow patterns of confluences and how they give rise to patterns of erosion, bars, and scour pools. The water flows and their consequences are often studied with mathematical models. Confluences are relevant to the distribution of living organisms (i.e., ecology) as well; "the general pattern ownstream of confluencesof increasing stream flow and decreasing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Golconda, Illinois Golconda is a city in and the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, Pope County, Illinois, United States, located along the Ohio River. The population was 630 at the 2020 census. Most of the city is part of the Golconda Historic District. History The city is named after the Golconda fort, Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, India. Golconda was the first permanent settlement in Pope County, Illinois, Pope County in 1798, and a ferry point across the Ohio River that was sometimes called Lusk's Ferry, Illinois, Lusk's Ferry was established around that time. The town was named Sarahsville upon the organization of Pope County in 1816, but changed its name to Golconda on January 24, 1817, after the ancient city of Golkonda in India. In 1840, the Buel House, a single-family home presently-owned by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, was built. Among the many historic buildings built in the latter half of the 19th century is the First Presbyterian Church (built in 1869). It is the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockford, as well Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its central location and favorable geography, the state is a major transportation hub: the Port of Chicago has access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway and to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River via the Illinois Waterway. Additionally, the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ohio River The Ohio River is a long river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing southwesterly from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United States and the largest tributary by volume of the north-south flowing Mississippi River that divides the eastern from western United States. It is also the 6th oldest river on the North American continent. The river flows through or along the border of six states, and its drainage basin includes parts of 14 states. Through its largest tributary, the Tennessee River, the basin includes several states of the southeastern U.S. It is the source of drinking water for five million people. The lower Ohio River just below Louisville is obstructed by rapids known as the Falls of the Ohio where the elevation falls in restricting larger commercial navigation, although i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lusk's Ferry, Illinois Lusk's Ferry was a place where pioneers crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky into Illinois. Some sources say that Golconda, Illinois was once called "Lusk's Ferry". Others say that the name properly refers to the place across the River, in Livingston County, Kentucky. Lusk's Ferry was a terminus of the Lusk's Ferry Road, an early overland route connecting the Ohio River with Fort Kaskaskia. In his conquest of Illinois in 1778, George Rogers Clark crossed the Ohio River at Fort Massac. He then marched north a short distance to the Lusk's Ferry Road, and from there to Fort Kaskaskia. In 1798, Major James Lusk moved the ferry across the River to Illinois. The Major died while building a road into the interior of Illinois. His widow, Sarah, then took over the ferry business. The town on the Illinois side became known as "Sarahville" by 1816. The name was changed to Golconda in 1817. In 1817, the '' Western Gazetteer'' listed two places to cross the Ohio River and make the overlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	List Of Illinois Rivers This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River * Ohio River * Lusk Creek * Saline River *Wabash River Little Wabash River * Skillet Fork * Elm River * Fox River * Salt Creek Bonpas Creek Embarras River (Illinois) * North Fork Embarras River * Little Embarras River Little Vermilion River Vermilion River * Middle Fork Vermilion River * Salt Fork Vermilion River **Saline Branch *** Boneyard Creek Cache River * Cypress Creek Big Muddy River * Beaucoup Creek * Little Muddy River * Casey Creek (Casey Fork) Marys River * Little Marys River Kaskaskia River * Shoal Creek * West Okaw River Palmer Creek Wood River Illinois River * Macoupin Creek * Big Sandy Creek La Moine River Sangamon River Salt Creek Spring Creek Sugar Creek * Lick Creek * Spoon River * Mackinaw River Little Mackinaw River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Rivers Of Illinois This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Illinois: By drainage basin Gulf of Mexico Mississippi River * Ohio River * Lusk Creek * Saline River *Wabash River Little Wabash River * Skillet Fork * Elm River * Fox River * Salt Creek Bonpas Creek Embarras River (Illinois) * North Fork Embarras River * Little Embarras River Little Vermilion River Vermilion River * Middle Fork Vermilion River * Salt Fork Vermilion River **Saline Branch *** Boneyard Creek Cache River * Cypress Creek Big Muddy River * Beaucoup Creek * Little Muddy River * Casey Creek (Casey Fork) Marys River * Little Marys River Kaskaskia River * Shoal Creek * West Okaw River Palmer Creek Wood River Illinois River * Macoupin Creek * Big Sandy Creek La Moine River Sangamon River Salt Creek Spring Creek Sugar Creek * Lick Creek * Spoon River * Mackinaw River Little Mackinaw River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Tributaries Of The Ohio River A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream."opposite to a tributary" PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]