Little Minnie Creek Explained

Little Minnie Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Plum Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Nebraska#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Little Minnie Creek mouth
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of Little Minnie Creek mouth location
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Nebraska
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Brown
Length:4.37miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Plum Creek
Discharge1 Avg:2.5cuft/s at mouth with Plum Creek[2]
Source1:Sand Draw divide
Source1 Location:about 10 miles northeast of Woodlake, Nebraska
Source1 Coordinates:42.68°N -100.139°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:2550feet
Mouth:Plum Creek
Mouth Location:about 8 miles north-northeast of Johnstown, Nebraska
Mouth Coordinates:42.6603°N -100.0635°W
Mouth Elevation:2337feet
Progression:Plum CreekNiobrara RiverMissouri RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:Niobrara
Tributaries Left:unnamed tributaries
Tributaries Right:unnamed tributaries
Bridges:none

Little Minne Creek is a 4.37miles long first-order tributary to Plum Creek in Brown County, Nebraska. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]

Course

Little Minnie Creek rises on the South Fork Fairfield Creek divide in the Nebraska Sandhills about northeast of Wood Lake, Nebraska and then flows generally southeast to join Plum Creek about northeast of Johnstown, Nebraska.[3]

Watershed

Little Minnie Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 0.45% forested.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . May 5, 2023.
  2. Web site: Watershed Report Office of Water US EPA . watersgeo.epa.gov . US EPA . May 5, 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: Geographic Names Information System . edits.nationalmap.gov . US Geological Survey . May 5, 2023.