Shitten Creek is a stream in Lane County, Oregon, in the United States.[1]

Shitten Creek
Shitten Creek is located in Oregon
Shitten Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Physical characteristics
SourceCentral Oregon Coast Range
 • locationAlma (vicinity)
 • coordinates43°52′00″N 123°28′40″W / 43.86667°N 123.47778°W / 43.86667; -123.47778
MouthHaight Creek (empties to Siuslaw River)
 • location
Alma (vicinity)
 • coordinates
43°51′41″N 123°29′39″W / 43.86139°N 123.49417°W / 43.86139; -123.49417[1]
 • elevation
574 ft (175 m)[1]

According to one source, Shitten Creek's name may originally have been intended to warn of untreated sewage in the waters.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shitten Creek
  2. ^ Monmonier, Mark (15 September 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.