Lake Fork Mohican River

River in the United States

40°45′01″N 82°07′59″W / 40.75028°N 82.13306°W / 40.75028; -82.13306^[1] Mouth

• location

Mohican River, northwestern Holmes County, Ohio

• coordinates

40°35′36″N 82°11′36″W / 40.59333°N 82.19333°W / 40.59333; -82.19333^[1]Length14.7 mi (23.7 km)Basin size344 sq mi (890 km²)Discharge • locationUSGS gauge near Loudonville • average302.1 cu ft/s (8.55 m³/s), water years 1932 and 1936-1938^[2] Discharge • locationmouth • average348.5 cu ft/s (9.87 m³/s) (estimate)^[3]

The Lake Fork is a tributary of the Mohican River, 14.7 miles (23.7 km) long,^[4] in north-central Ohio in the United States. Via the Mohican, Walhonding, Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 344 square miles (890 km²).^[4]

The Lake Fork is formed by the confluence of the Jerome Fork and the Muddy Fork in southeastern Ashland County, and flows generally south-southwestwardly into northwestern Holmes County, where it joins the Mohican River, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Loudonville.^[5]

In Ashland County, a 1936 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam causes the river to form Mohicanville Lake.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Fork Mohican River
^ "USGS 03135500 Lake Fork near Loudonville OH". waterdata.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Lake Fork Mohican River". watersgeo.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2020-08-08. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
^ ^a ^b Ohio Department of Natural Resources. A Guide to Ohio Streams. Archived 2005-09-04 at the Wayback Machine Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf) Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.
^ USACE site for Mohicanville Lake