The Stillwater River is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the
Great Miami River in western
Ohio in the
United States. Via the Great Miami and
Ohio rivers, it is part of the
Mississippi River watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
.
It rises near the
Indiana state line, in western
Darke County
Darke County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,881. Its county seat is Greenville. The county was created in 1809 and later organized in 1817. It is named for William Darke, an officer in the ...
, approximately northwest of
Greenville. It flows east-southeast and is joined by
Greenville Creek
Greenville Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Stillwater River in southwestern Ohio in the United States. Via the Stillwater River ...
in
Covington Covington may refer to:
People
* Covington (surname)
Places United Kingdom
* Covington, Cambridgeshire
* Covington, South Lanarkshire
United States
* Covington, Georgia
* Covington, Indiana
* Covington, Kentucky, the largest American cit ...
, approximately west of
Piqua. It flows south past Covington and
Englewood, where it is dammed for
flood control, then southeast to join the Great Miami River in
Dayton
Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...
.
Stillwater River was so named on account of its relatively slow current.
The Stillwater River was one of the Great Miami River tributaries that flooded during the
Great Dayton Flood of 1913, resulting in the creation of the
Miami Conservancy District
The Miami Conservancy District is a river management agency operating in Southwest Ohio to control flooding of the Great Miami River and its tributaries. It was organized in 1915 following the catastrophic Great Dayton Flood of the Great Miami R ...
.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System, the Stillwater River has also been known as:
* Jacobs Lateral
* Southwest Branch
* Stillwater Creek
See also
*
List of rivers of Ohio
References
Rivers of Ohio
Rivers of Darke County, Ohio
Rivers of Miami County, Ohio
Rivers of Montgomery County, Ohio
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