Bone Creek (Long Pine Creek tributary)
| Bone Creek Tributary to Long Pine Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Bone Creek mouth  Bone Creek (Long Pine Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Brown |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Calamus River divide |
| • location | about 1 mile southeast of School No. 40 |
| • coordinates | 42°30′32.00″N 099°57′21.45″W / 42.5088889°N 99.9559583°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,590 ft (790 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Long Pine Creek |
• location | about 1.5 miles northwest of Winfield School |
• coordinates | 42°40′57.00″N 099°41′40.43″W / 42.6825000°N 99.6945639°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,008 ft (612 m)[1] |
| Length | 31.92 mi (51.37 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 155.46 square miles (402.6 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Long Pine Creek |
| • average | 15.31 cu ft/s (0.434 m3/s) at mouth with Long Pine Creek[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Long Pine Creek → Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Niobrara |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Sand Draw |
| Bridges | 427th Avenue, 428th Avenue, 877th Road, 429th Avenue, US 20, 430th Avenue, Skillman Pond Road, 879th Road, Meadville Avenue, 880th Avenue, 432nd Avenue, 433rd Avenue, US 183 |
Bone Creek is a 31.92 mi (51.37 km) long third-order tributary to Long Pine Creek in Brown County, Nebraska.
Course
[edit]Bone Creek rises on the divide of the Calamus River in the Nebraska Sandhills about 1 mile southeast of School No. 40 and then flows northeast to join Long Pine Creek about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Winfield School.[1]
Watershed
[edit]Bone Creek drains 155.46 square miles (402.6 km2) of area, receives about 22.9 in/year (58 cm/year) of precipitation, and is about 3.38% forested.[3]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Bone Creek Watershed Report". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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