Drainage.

Buckeye Lake and three rivers receive the waters of Perry County. These rivers are the Scioto, the Muskingum and the Hocking. Walnut Creek, a tribu- tary of the Scioto has one of its sources in the western part of Thorn township. The Big Swamp originally discharged its waters into the Licking river, and is 1

therefore a part of the Muskingum basin. The prin- cipal stream emptying into Buckeye Lake is Honey Creek. All four of the drainage systems, as far as Perry county is concerned, have their sources in Thorn township. Walnut Creek flows toward the west, Honey Creek to the north. Jonathan or the Moxahala to the east and Rushcreek to the south. Hopewell township is drained by Jonathan and Rushcreek. Mad- ison is drained by Jonathan. The principal tributaries of north Jonathan Creek are Turkey Run and Buckeye Creek in Clayton. The reminder of that township fur- nishes the sources of small streams that flow into the east branch of Rushcreek or the south fork of Jona- than. The northeastern part of Reading is drained by Hood's Run into the Moxahala. The western part is traversed by tributaries of Rushcreek, while the east branch of Rushcreek gets the southern part. Harrison township is mostly in the basin of the south fork of the Jonathan, as is Bearfield with the exception of the south side where Sundaycreek has its origin. A branch of Wolfe Creek, in Morgan county also rises in the southeast of Bearfield. The east branch of Rushcreek and the south fork of the Moxahala get ht waters of Pike. Jackson has many feeders for east Rush- creek. Little Mondaycreek has its beginning in this township at the Gordon Cross Roads, where the Lex- ington and Logan road crossed the old Monongahela Indian trail. Mondaycreek is aptly named. Both streams of that name receive her entire drainage. Big Mondaycreek and the west branch of Sunday- creek get Saltlicks's rainfall. Big Mondaycreek has also a tributary in Coal. Indian Creek rises in the eastern part of that township and flows into Sunday- creek over in Athens county. Pleasant throws her 2

waters into the south fork of the Moxahala and to Sundaycreek. Monroe is entirely drained by the last name stream. 3

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