Blackbird Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Redbird Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Nebraska#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Blackbird Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Blackbird Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Nebraska |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Holt |
Length: | 18.65miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Redbird Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 4.51cuft/s at mouth with Redbird Creek[2] |
Source1: | Elkhorn River divide |
Source1 Location: | about 5 miles northeast of Emmet, Nebraska |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.5278°N -98.6923°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2008feet |
Mouth: | Redbird Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 3 miles southeast of Midway, Nebraska |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.6678°N -98.562°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1801feet |
Progression: | Redbird Creek → Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi |
River System: | Niobrara |
Bridges: | 877th Road, US 281, 493rd Avenue (x2), 883rd Road, 493rd Avenue, 885th Road, 495th Avenue, 886th Road, 496th Avenue |
Blackbird Creek is a 18.65miles long second-order tributary to Redbird Creek in Holt County, Nebraska.
Blackbird Creek rises on the Elkhorn River divide about northeast of Emmet, Nebraska in Holt County and then flows north and northeast to join Redbird Creek about southeast of Midway, Nebraska.[3]
Blackbird Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 0.56% forested.[2]