Fairfield Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Niobrara River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Nebraska#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fairfield Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Fairfield Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Nebraska |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Brown Cherry |
Length: | 24.97miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Niobrara River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 10.25cuft/s at mouth with Niobrara River[2] |
Source1: | Schlagel Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 4 miles west-northwest of Arabia, Nebraska |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.7342°N -100.4562°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2764feet |
Mouth: | Niobrara River |
Mouth Location: | about 5.5 miles south of Norden, Nebraska |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.7856°N -100.0629°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 2123feet |
Progression: | Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Niobrara |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | South Fork Fairfield Creek |
Waterbodies: | Swan Lake |
Bridges: | US 20 |
Fairfield Creek is a 24.97miles long third-order tributary to the Niobrara River in Brown County, Nebraska.
Fairfield Creek begins on the Schlagel Creek divide at Swan Lake in the Nebraska Sandhills about west-northwest of Arabia, Nebraska of and then flows generally east to join the Niobrara River about south of Norden, Nebraska.[3]
Fairfield Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 2.02% forested.[2]