South Sauty Creek | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Alabama |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | DeKalb County, Jackson County, Marshall County |
Length: | 32.25miles |
Discharge1 Location: | Rainsville, Alabama |
Discharge1 Avg: | 81 cu/ft. per sec.[1] |
Source1 Location: | near Henagar in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States |
Source1 Coordinates: | 34.6364°N -85.7253°W[2] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1600feet |
Mouth: | Guntersville Lake of the Tennessee River |
Mouth Location: | near Langston, Alabama in Jackson County, Alabama, United States |
Mouth Coordinates: | 34.5431°N -86.1214°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 594feet |
Basin Size: | 125.8sqmi |
South Sauty Creek is long[3] with a drainage area of 125.8sqmi,[3] and is a tributary to the Tennessee River. The river rises in DeKalb County, Alabama, and flows generally southwest along Sand Mountain from its headwaters before turning generally west and flowing off of Sand Mountain, through Buck's Pocket, terminating shortly afterwards into Lake Guntersville in an area known as Morgan's Cove.[4] South Sauty forms the Buck's Pocket canyon as the creek falls from the north side of Sand Mountain (Alabama).