| Plum Creek | |
| Name Other: | Tributary to Niobrara River |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Nebraska#USA |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Plum Creek mouth |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Plum Creek mouth location |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nebraska |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Brown |
| Length: | 42.34miles[1] |
| Discharge1 Location: | Niobrara River |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 132.14cuft/s at mouth with Niobrara River[2] |
| Source1: | confluence of North Fork and South Fork of Plum Creek |
| Source1 Location: | about 8 miles southwest of Johnstown, Nebraska |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 42.5369°N -100.1143°W[3] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 2598feet |
| Mouth: | Niobrara River |
| Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles south of Meadville, Nebraska |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 42.7517°N -99.8546°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 2028feet |
| Progression: | Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River System: | Niobrara |
| Tributaries Left: | North Fork Plum Creek Evergreen Creek Little Minnie Creek Sand Draw |
| Tributaries Right: | South Fork Plum Creek Coon Creek Deep Creek |
| Waterbodies: | Pine Canyon Reservoir |
| Bridges: | US 20, Norden Avenue, Gobblers Roost Road |
Plum Creek is a 42.34miles long fourth-order tributary to the Niobrara River in Brown County, Nebraska.
Plum Creek begins at the confluence of North and South Fork of Plum Creek in the Nebraska Sandhills about southwest of Johnstown, Nebraska and then flows generally northeast to join the Niobrara River about south of Meadville, Nebraska.[3]
Plum Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 2.52% forested.[2]