Aeneas Creek

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Aeneas Creek
Tributary to Graves Creek
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Location of Aeneas Creek mouth
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Aeneas Creek (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Montana
County Flathead
Physical characteristics
SourceBirch Creek divide
 • locationAeneas Lake
 • coordinates 48°08′20″N113°54′28″W / 48.13889°N 113.90778°W / 48.13889; -113.90778 [1]
 • elevation6,000 ft (1,800 m) [2]
Mouth Graves Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles west of Graves Bay Campground
 • coordinates
 48°07′45″N113°49′17″W / 48.12917°N 113.82139°W / 48.12917; -113.82139 [1]
 • elevation
3,694 ft (1,126 m) [3]
Length4.49 mi (7.23 km) [4]
Basin size13.43 square miles (34.8 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location Graves Creek
 • average48.22 cu ft/s (1.365 m3/s) at mouth with Grave Creek [5]
Basin features
ProgressionGraves Creek → South Fork Flathead River → Flathead River → → Clark Fork → Pend Oreille River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
River system Flathead River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightJones Creek
Bridgesnone

Aeneas Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Montana. [1] It is a tributary to Graves Creek.

Contents

Aeneas Creek was named after a Flathead chieftain. [6]

Course

Aeneas Creek rises in Aeneas Lake in Flathead County, Montana, and then flows east-southeast to join Graves Creek about 0.5 miles west of Grave Bay Campground. [3]

Watershed

Aeneas Creek drains 13.43 square miles (34.8 km2) of area, receives about 64.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 275.86, and is about 77% forested. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aeneas Creek
  2. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Aeneas Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Geographic names". Forest History Society. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.


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