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TNT Creek

Coordinates: 43°37′48″N 122°16′50″W / 43.63000°N 122.28056°W / 43.63000; -122.28056
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TNT Creek
TNT Creek is located in Oregon
TNT Creek
Location of the mouth of TNT Creek in Oregon
EtymologyFor TNT bucked off by a pack mule near the creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWillamette National Forest
 • coordinates43°38′16″N 122°15′44″W / 43.63778°N 122.26222°W / 43.63778; -122.26222[1]
 • elevation4,814 ft (1,467 m)[2]
MouthHills Creek
 • coordinates
43°37′48″N 122°16′50″W / 43.63000°N 122.28056°W / 43.63000; -122.28056[1]
 • elevation
2,556 ft (779 m)[1]

TNT Creek is a small tributary of Hills Creek in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[3] It enters the larger stream about 10.5 miles (16.9 km) above its confluence with the Middle Fork Willamette River at Hills Creek Reservoir.[3]

TNT Creek was named for an incident by a United States Forest Service ranger's mule that threw off a load of trinitrotoluene (TNT) by the creek.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "TNT Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ a b "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 7, 2015 – via ACME Mapper.
  4. ^ "Indians, Surveyors, Incidents Gave Names to Streams, Lakes and Mountains". Eugene Register-Guard. January 4, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved April 23, 2015.