Fairfield Creek Tributary to Niobrara River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Nebraska |
County |
Brown Cherry |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Schlagel Creek divide |
• location | about 4 miles west-northwest of Arabia, Nebraska |
• coordinates | 42°44′3.01″N 100°27′22.47″W / 42.7341694°N 100.4562417°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,764 ft (842 m) [1] |
Mouth | Niobrara River |
• location | about 5.5 miles south of Norden, Nebraska |
• coordinates | 42°47′8.01″N 100°03′46.44″W / 42.7855583°N 100.0629000°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,123 ft (647 m) [1] |
Length | 24.97 mi (40.19 km) [2] |
Basin size | 105.16 square miles (272.4 km2) [3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Niobrara River |
• average | 10.25 cu ft/s (0.290 m3/s) at mouth with Niobrara River [3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Niobrara |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | South Fork Fairfield Creek |
Waterbodies | Swan Lake |
Bridges | US 20 |
Fairfield Creek is a 24.97 mi (40.19 km) long third-order tributary to the Niobrara River in Brown County, Nebraska.
Fairfield Creek begins on the Schlagel Creek divide at Swan Lake in the Nebraska Sandhills about 4 miles (6.4 km) west-northwest of Arabia, Nebraska of and then flows generally east to join the Niobrara River about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Norden, Nebraska. [1]
Fairfield Creek drains 105.16 square miles (272.4 km2) of area, receives about 21.35 in/year (54.2 cm/year) of precipitation, and is about 2.02% forested. [3]