Short Pine Creek
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| Short Pine Creek Tributary to Long Pine Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Short Pine Creek mouth  Short Pine Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nebraska |
| County | Rock |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Elkhorn River divide |
| • location | about 4 miles southeast of Winfield School |
| • coordinates | 42°39′17.00″N 099°37′36.00″W / 42.6547222°N 99.6266667°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,245 ft (684 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Long Pine Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles southeast of School No. 69 |
• coordinates | 42°42′26.00″N 099°38′29.42″W / 42.7072222°N 99.6415056°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,949 ft (594 m)[1] |
| Length | 3.98 mi (6.41 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 22.84 square miles (59.2 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Long Pine Creek |
| • average | 2.62 cu ft/s (0.074 m3/s) at mouth with Bone Creek[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Long Pine Creek → Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Niobrara |
| Bridges | none |
Short Pine Creek is a 3.98 mi (6.41 km) long first-order tributary to Long Pine Creek in Rock County, Nebraska. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Short Pine Creek rises on the divide of the Elkhorn River in the Nebraska Sandhills about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Winfield School and then flows north-northwest to join Long Pine Creek about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southeast of School No. 69.[1]
