Papillion Creek

Papillion Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Missouri River

Papillion Creek is a 15.5-mile-long (24.9 km)[1] tributary of the Missouri River in Nebraska. Its watershed lies in Washington, Douglas and Sarpy counties, including parts of the city of Omaha. The main branch of Papillion Creek is known as Big Papillion Creek.[citation needed] Some of the tributaries include Little Papillion Creek, Thomas Creek, Cole Creek, Northwest Branch of West Papillion Creek, West Papillion Creek, South Papillion Creek, and Mud Creek. Papillion Creek empties into the Missouri River south of Bellevue and just north of the mouth of the Platte River.[1]

Locals often refer to the creek as the "Papio Creek".[2]

Within its watershed lie Glenn Cunningham Lake, Standing Bear Lake, Zorinsky Lake and Wehrspann Lake at the Chalco Hills Recreation Area, which were created by the Army Corps of Engineers in the aftermath of extensive flooding in 1964 and 1965.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 30, 2011
  2. ^ A River Runs Around It
  3. ^ Papio & Salt Creeks

41°04′33″N 095°52′20″W / 41.07583°N 95.87222°W / 41.07583; -95.87222 (Papillion Creek)


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