Short Pine Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Long Pine Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Nebraska#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Short Pine Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Short Pine Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Nebraska |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Rock |
Length: | 3.98miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Long Pine Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.62cuft/s at mouth with Bone Creek[2] |
Source1: | Elkhorn River divide |
Source1 Location: | about 4 miles southeast of Winfield School |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.6547°N -99.6267°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2245feet |
Mouth: | Long Pine Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles southeast of School No. 69 |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.7072°N -99.6415°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1949feet |
Progression: | Long Pine Creek → Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Niobrara |
Bridges: | none |
Short Pine Creek is a 3.98miles long first-order tributary to Long Pine Creek in Rock County, Nebraska. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
Short Pine Creek rises on the divide of the Elkhorn River in the Nebraska Sandhills about southeast of Winfield School and then flows north-northwest to join Long Pine Creek about southeast of School No. 69.[3]
Short Pine Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 4.07% forested.[2]