Nasty Creek
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| Nasty Creek | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Yakima County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | 46°33′30.43″N 121°02′58.28″W / 46.5584528°N 121.0495222°W |
| • location | Foundation Ridge |
| Mouth | Ahtanum Creek |
• coordinates | 46°33′50.44″N 120°55′03.27″W / 46.5640111°N 120.9175750°W |
| Length | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
Nasty Creek is a stream located in the upper reach of the Ahtanum Creek watershed, in Yakima County, Washington, in the United States.[1] The stream flows 3.7 miles (6.0 km) from its source near Foundation Ridge to its confluence with the North Fork of Ahtanum Creek.[2]
Geologist George Otis Smith noted in a 1902 report that Nasty Creek may have belonged to the Cowiche Mountain drainage system before being later diverted during the formation of a monocline.[3]