Long Pine Creek Explained

Long Pine Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Niobrara River
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Nebraska#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Long Pine Creek mouth
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of Long Pine Creek mouth location
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Nebraska
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Rock
Brown
Subdivision Type4:City
Subdivision Name4:Long Pine
Length:37.14miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Niobrara River
Discharge1 Avg:179.16cuft/s at mouth with Niobrara River[2]
Source1:Calamus River divide
Source1 Location:about 4 miles north-northeast of Hofeld Lake
Source1 Coordinates:42.4567°N -99.8015°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:2547feet
Mouth:Niobrara River
Mouth Location:about 3 miles west-southwest of Riverview, Nebraska
Mouth Coordinates:42.7236°N -99.6282°W
Mouth Elevation:2008feet
Progression:Niobrara RiverMissouri RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:Niobrara
Tributaries Left:Willow Creek
Bone Creek
Tributaries Right:Spring Branch
Short Pine Creek
Bridges:S. Pine Avenue (x2), N Kyner Road, US 20, Bar 25 Road, 889th Road

Long Pine Creek is a 37.14miles long fourth-order tributary to the Niobrara River in Rock and Brown Counties, Nebraska. The creek was named from the dense growth of pine trees along its banks.[4]

Course

Long Pine Creek rises on the divide of the Calamus River in the Nebraska Sandhills about 4 miles north-northeast of Hofeld Lake in Brown County and then flows generally north-northeast into Rock County to join the Niobrara River about west-southwest of Riverview, Nebraska.[3]

Watershed

Long Pine Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 3.96% 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: Long Pine 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.
  4. Book: Chicago and North Western Railway Company. A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. 1908. 95.