Chickamauga Creek is a stream in
White County,
Georgia
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. It is a tributary of the
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
. The creek is approximately long.
[ file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/]
Course
Chickamauga Creek
rises in the northeastern corner of
White County,
Georgia
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, where White County meets
Habersham County
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, just southeast of the source of
Smith Creek, and just south of
State Route 356.
The creek runs south parallel to the White County-Habersham County line, past
Sautee Nacoochee on its right bank, and flows into the
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
only about 1 mile east of where
Dukes Creek
Dukes Creek is the creek in White County, Georgia, on which gold was found in 1828. The discovery of gold in White County and neighboring Lumpkin County led to the Georgia Gold Rush. The creek is approximately long. file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp: ...
joins the river, right off of
State Route 75.
Sub-watershed details
The creek
watershed is designated by the
United States Geological Survey
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as sub-
watershed HUC 031300010104, is named Chickamauga Creek sub-watershed, and drains an area of approximately 34 square miles northeast and east of Helen, and north of the Chattahoochee River. In addition to Chickamauga Creek, the area is drained by McClure Creek, Crumley Creek, Bean Creek, and Ben Creek to the west of Chickamauga Creek, and Nester Branch and Sautee Creek to its east, all of which flow into Chickamauga Creek on its way to the Chattahoochee.
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See also
* Water Resource Region
* South Atlantic-Gulf Water Resource Region
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Etymology
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* Apalachicola basin
The ACF River Basin is the drainage basin, or watershed, of the Apalachicola River, Chattahoochee River, and Flint River, in the Southeastern United States.
This area is alternatively known as simply the Apalachicola Basin and is listed by t ...
References
External links
Stovall Mill Covered Bridge across Chickamauga Creek
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Chickamauga Creek (Chattahoochee River) Chickamauga Creek is a stream in White County, Georgia. It is a tributary of the Chattahoochee River. The creek is approximately long. file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/
Course
Chick ...
Rivers of White County, Georgia