Plum Creek is a long fourth-order tributary to the
Niobrara River in
Brown County, Nebraska.
Plum Creek begins at the confluence of North and South Fork of Plum Creek in the Nebraska Sandhills about southwest of
Johnstown, Nebraska
Johnstown is a village in Brown County, Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missour ...
and then flows generally northeast to join the
Niobrara River about south of
Meadville, Nebraska
Meadville is an unincorporated community in Keya Paha County, Nebraska, Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States.
History
A post office was established at Meadville in 1883. The first postmaster was Merrit I. Mead, who gave the town his name.
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Watershed
Plum Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 2.52% forested.
See also
*
List of rivers of Nebraska
This is a partial list of rivers in Nebraska (U.S. state).
By tributary Missouri River
*''Cheyenne River (SD)''
**Hat Creek
* White River
*Niobrara River
** Burgess Creek
** Bingham Creek
**Snake River
** Long Pine Creek
** Keya Paha River
** ...
References
Rivers of Brown County, Nebraska
Rivers of Nebraska
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