Wills Creek (Ohio)
| Wills Creek | |
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Wills Creek near its mouth, flowing from Wills Creek Dam
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| Country | U.S. |
| Basin features | |
| River mouth |
Muskingum River on the border of Muskingum and Coshocton counties 715 ft (218 m) |
| Basin size | 853 sq mi (2,210 km2) |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 92.2 mi (148.4 km) |
Wills Creek is a tributary of the Muskingum River, 92.2 mi (148.4 km) long, in eastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. It drains an area of 853 mi² (2,209 km²).
The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Wills Creek" as the stream's name in 1963. According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as "Cou-wach-en-ink" and as "Will's Creek."
Wills Creek is formed by a confluence of short forks near Pleasant City in southern Guernsey County, and initially flows northwardly through Byesville, Cambridge and Kimbolton. Near Kimbolton it turns westwardly and flows through southeastern Coshocton and northeastern Muskingum Counties, past Plainfield, to its mouth at the Muskingum River, 8 mi (13 km) south of the city of Coshocton.
Near its mouth, a flood-control dam causes the creek to form Wills Creek Lake.
On January 16, 2005 the Wills Creek Dam 40°09′22″N 81°50′51″W / 40.15611°N 81.84750°W became the only dam in the Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District's history (established 1938) to reach its spillway elevation and have water flow uncontrolled over the top of the spillway. On that day Wills Creek Lake was 37 feet (11 m) above its normal level of 749 feet (above sea level), and spanned 20,452 acres (82.77 km2), causing it to be the largest man-made lake in the state of Ohio.
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