Bone Creek (Long Pine Creek tributary) explained

Bone Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Long Pine Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Nebraska#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Bone Creek mouth
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of Bone Creek mouth location
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Nebraska
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Brown
Length:31.92miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Long Pine Creek
Discharge1 Avg:15.31cuft/s at mouth with Long Pine Creek[2]
Source1:Calamus River divide
Source1 Location:about 1 mile southeast of School No. 40
Source1 Coordinates:42.5089°N -99.956°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:2590feet
Mouth:Long Pine Creek
Mouth Location:about 1.5 miles northwest of Winfield School
Mouth Coordinates:42.6825°N -99.6946°W
Mouth Elevation:2008feet
Progression:Long Pine CreekNiobrara RiverMissouri RiverMississippi RiverGulf 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 31.92miles long third-order tributary to Long Pine Creek in Brown County, Nebraska.

Course

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 north of Winfield School.[3]

Watershed

Bone Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 3.38% forested.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . November 19, 2022.
  2. Web site: Bone Creek Watershed Report . watersgeo.epa.gov . US EPA . 19 November 2022 . en.
  3. Web site: Geographic Names Information System . edits.nationalmap.gov . US Geological Survey . 19 November 2022.