Salt Creek (Little Wabash River tributary)

Salt Creek is a tributary of the Little Wabash River, which it joins near Edgewood, Illinois, near the boundary between Effingham and Clay counties.[1] There are at least two other "Salt Creeks" in Illinois: Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary) and Salt Creek (Sangamon River tributary).

Salt Creek
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of First Salt Creek and Second Salt Creek north of Teutopolis, Illinois
 • coordinates39°08′24″N 88°29′28″W / 39.140041°N 88.491159°W / 39.140041; -88.491159 (Salt Creek origin)
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with the Little Wabash River, Effingham County, Illinois
 • coordinates
38°58′31″N 88°32′42″W / 38.975322°N 88.5450486°W / 38.975322; -88.5450486 (Salt Creek mouth)
 • elevation
466 ft (142 m)
Length18.5 mi (29.8 km)
Basin features
ProgressionSaltCreek → Little Wabash → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
GNIS ID417895

Salt Creek is about 18.5 miles (29.8 km) in length.[2]

Cities, towns and counties edit

Salt Creek drains the following cities, towns and villages:

Salt Creek drains parts of the following Illinois counties:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salt Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011

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