Ash Creek (Utah)

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Looking east over Ash Creek in Pintura, with the Hurricane Cliffs in the distance, March 1990

Ash Creek is a stream in northern Washington County, Utah, United States. [1] It is a tributary of the Virgin River. Ash Creek was named after the ash timber near its course. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ash Creek
  2. Leigh, Rufus Wood (1961). Five hundred Utah place names: their origin and significance. p. 3.

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