Loramie Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary
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of the
Great Miami River
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in western
Ohio
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in the
United States
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. Via the Great Miami and
Ohio
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rivers, it is part of the
watershed of the
Mississippi River
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, draining an area of . According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, the stream has also been known historically as "Laramie Creek," "Loramie Ditch," "Loramies Creek," and "Lonamie Creek." It is named after
Louis Lorimier
Pierre-Louis de Lorimier, usually Anglicized to Peter Loramie (March 1748 – June 26, 1812), was a colonial French-Canadian fur trader, British Indian agent, Shawnee agitator, and in later years, founded Cape Girardeau and Bollinger Counties ...
, a French-Canadian fur trader who had a trading post in the area in the 18th century.
Loramie Creek rises in northern
Shelby County and initially flows southwestwardly, passing through a
dam
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which causes the creek to form
Lake Loramie
Lake Loramie State Park is a public recreation area located on the northeast side of Fort Loramie, Ohio. It occupies on Lake Loramie and is operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) ...
, along which a
state park is located. Near
Fort Loramie the creek turns southeastwardly, flowing through
Lockington Dam (a
dry dam
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) and past the community of
Lockington. It flows into the Great Miami River in northern
Miami County, about north of
Piqua.
At its mouth, the estimated mean annual discharge of the creek is , according to the
US Environmental Protection Agency
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.
A
USGS
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stream gauge on the creek at Lockington recorded a mean annual discharge of during
water year
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s 1921–2019. The highest daily mean discharge during that period was on July 10, 2003. The lowest daily mean discharge was on September 26, 2002.
See also
*
Loramie Creek AVA
*
List of rivers of Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiːyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohi ...
References
Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
External links
Loramie Valley Alliance watershed project
Rivers of Ohio
Rivers of Miami County, Ohio
Rivers of Shelby County, Ohio
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