Killbuck Creek

Killbuck Creek is a tributary of the Walhonding River,[1] 81.7 mi (131.5 km) long,[2] in north-central Ohio in the United States.

[2] Killbuck Creek rises in northern Wayne County and initially flows in a counter-clockwise loop northward into southern Medina County and past the town of Burbank before turning to a southward course through Wayne, Holmes and Coshocton Counties to its mouth at the Walhonding River,[3] 5 mi (8 km) west of the city of Coshocton.

[1] Along its course it flows to the west of the city of Wooster and passes the towns of Holmesville, Millersburg and Killbuck.

[3] A USGS stream gauge on the creek at Layland recorded a mean annual discharge of 502 cubic feet per second (14.2 m3/s) during water years 1924-1930.

[4] According to a US Environmental Protection Agency estimate, the mean annual discharge of the creek at its mouth is 625.34 cu ft/s (17.708 m3/s).

Map of the Walhonding watershed showing Killbuck Creek
A bridge over the creek near its headwaters west of Creston