Coal Creek (Clinch River tributary) explained

Coal Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Tennessee
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Anderson County
Source1:Cross Mountain
Source1 Coordinates:36.1606°N -84.2397°W
Mouth:Clinch River
Mouth Coordinates:36.2064°N -84.1222°W

Coal Creek is a tributary of the Clinch River in Tennessee, approximately 10.3miles long.

Coal Creek flows northward along the southeastern base of Cross Mountain, slicing a narrow valley in which the communities of Briceville and Fraterville are located, to Rocky Top at the eastern base of the Cumberland Plateau. The creek's confluence with the Clinch River is east of Rocky Top and below Norris Dam, near the Interstate 75 highway bridge across the river.

The drainage basin is about . Beech Grove Fork is its largest tributary stream.[1] Coal Creek's water quality is affected by coal surface mining, municipal wastewater discharges, and channelization.

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  1. Web site: Watershed as Brownfield: The Coal Creek Assessment Process in Tennessee . Berny Ilgner . March 10, 2006 . May 7, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140726135830/http://www.tnenvironment.org/Presentations/Ilgner_ETTDECconf.pdf . July 26, 2014 . dead .