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 River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf 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]
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]
Long Pine Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 3.96% forested.[2]