Willow Creek (Long Pine Creek tributary)

Stream in Nebraska, U.S.

Willow Creek

Tributary to Long Pine Creek

Location of Willow Creek mouth

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Willow Creek (Long Pine Creek tributary) (the United States)

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Location
Country| United States
State| Nebraska
County| Brown
Physical characteristics
Source| Calamus River divide
• location| about 0.25 miles southeast of School No. 65
• coordinates| 42°30′8.00″N 099°50′28.45″W﻿ / ﻿42.5022222°N 99.8412361°W﻿ / 42.5022222; -99.8412361[1]
• elevation| 2,535 ft (773 m)[1]
Mouth| Long Pine Creek

• location

| about 1 mile north of Long Pine, Nebraska

• coordinates

| 42°34′38.00″N 099°41′36.43″W﻿ / ﻿42.5772222°N 99.6934528°W﻿ / 42.5772222; -99.6934528[1]

• elevation

| 2,202 ft (671 m)[1]
Length| 12.92 mi (20.79 km)[2]
Basin size| 36.22 square miles (93.8 km2)[3]
Discharge|
• location| Long Pine Creek
• average| 3.98 cu ft/s (0.113 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
Bridges| 875th Road, 432nd Road, 876th Road, 433rd Road, 876th Road, 434th Road, 435th Road, Cowboy Trail Road, 436th Road, Ponderosa Road, US 20, Willow Ridge Avenue

Willow Creek is a 12.92 mi (20.79 km) long second-order tributary to Long Pine Creek in Brown County, Nebraska.

## Course

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Willow Creek rises on the divide of the Calamus River in the Nebraska Sandhills about 0.25 miles southeast of School No. 65 and then flows northeast to join Long Pine Creek about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Long Pine, Nebraska.[1]

## Watershed

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Willow Creek drains 36.22 square miles (93.8 km2) of area, receives about 23.0 in/year (58 cm/year) of precipitation, and is about 4.93% forested.[3]

## See also

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* Nebraska portal

* List of rivers of Nebraska

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
2. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
3. ^ a b c "Willow Creek Watershed Report". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

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