| Hartz Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | British Columbia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of Hartz Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cassiar Land District |
| Length: | 14km (09miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 0.315m3/s |
| Source1: | Level Mountain |
| Source1 Location: | Nahlin Plateau |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 58.1614°N -130.9442°W[1] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1120m (3,680feet) |
| Mouth: | Tahltan River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 58.0492°N -130.9997°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 295m (968feet)[2] |
| Basin Size: | 39.1km2, |
| Custom Label: | Topo map |
Hartz Creek is a tributary of the Tahltan River, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[3] It flows generally south and southwest for roughly 14km (09miles)[4] to join the Tahltan River about 4.5km (02.8miles) north of Tahltan, British Columbia at the Tahltan River's confluence with the Stikine River. Hartz Creek's watershed covers 39.1km2, and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 0.315m3/s.[5] The mouth of Hartz Creek is located about 18km (11miles) northeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 73km (45miles) southwest of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about 200km (100miles) east of Juneau, Alaska. Hartz Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 44.2% shrubland, 30.7% mixed forest, 20.8% conifer forest, and small amounts of other cover.[5]
Hartz Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people.[6] [7]
Hartz Creek originates on the southeast edge of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, about 45km (28miles) southeast of Meszah Peak, the highest peak of the Level Mountain Range, a cluster of bare peaks on the summit of Level Mountain. The creek flows generally south and southwest through wetlands and a forested gorge to the Tahltan River a few kilometres west of Hiusta Lake, the locality of Hiusta Meadow, and the Tahltan Indian reserve "Hiusta's Meadow 2".[8] [9] [10]