White Creek (Chattahoochee River)

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White Creek is a stream in Georgia, and is a tributary of the Chattahoochee River. The creek is approximately 8.07 miles (12.99 km) long. [1]

Georgia (U.S. state) State of the United States of America

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States. It began as a British colony in 1733, the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies to be established. Named after King George II of Great Britain, the Province of Georgia covered the area from South Carolina south to Spanish Florida and west to French Louisiana at the Mississippi River. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. In 1802–1804, western Georgia was split to the Mississippi Territory, which later split to form Alabama with part of former West Florida in 1819. Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870. Georgia is the 24th largest and the 8th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta, the state's capital and most populous city, has been named a global city. Atlanta's metropolitan area contains about 55% of the population of the entire state.

Chattahoochee River River in Florida, United States

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 Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles (690 km) long. The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin. The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF's drainage basin.

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Topographic map showing White Creek and the Chattahoochee River HUC 031300010301 topographic map.tiff
Topographic map showing White Creek and the Chattahoochee River
Map showing White Creek and its sub-watershed (outlined in pink), and the Chattahoochee River HUC 031300010301 - White Creek-Chattahoochee River.tiff
Map showing White Creek and its sub-watershed (outlined in pink), and the Chattahoochee River

White Creek rises in southeastern White County, Georgia, north of Mossy Creek and west of Leaf, just north of State Route 115. [2] The creek runs generally south-southeast for approximately 4.7 miles, crosses State Route 254 just northeast of Mossy Creek, and then picks up Flat Creek east of Mossy Creek. Less than a mile further, White Creek forms Webster Lake, then winds south for another 2 miles, before flowing into the Chattahoochee River just northeast of Rogers Mill. [3]

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The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the furthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river.

White County, Georgia County in the United States

White County is a county located very near the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,144. The county seat is Cleveland. The county was created on December 22, 1857 from part of Habersham County and named for Newton County Representative David T. White, who helped a Habersham representative successfully attain passage of an act creating the new county.

Georgia State Route 115 highway in Georgia

State Route 115 (SR 115) is a 32.3-mile-long (52.0 km) state highway that runs west-to-east in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels through portions of Lumpkin, White, and Habersham counties.

Sub-watershed details

The creek watershed and associated waters is designated by the United States Geological Survey as sub-watershed HUC 031300010301, is named the White Creek-Chattahoochee River sub-watershed, and drains an area of approximately 15 square miles southeast of Cleveland, and north and west of the Chattahoochee River. [3]

Drainage basin Area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water. The drainage basin includes all the surface water from rain runoff, snowmelt, and nearby streams that run downslope towards the shared outlet, as well as the groundwater underneath the earth's surface. Drainage basins connect into other drainage basins at lower elevations in a hierarchical pattern, with smaller sub-drainage basins, which in turn drain into another common outlet.

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Cleveland, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

Cleveland is a city in White County, Georgia, United States, located 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Atlanta and 128 miles (206 km) southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Its population was 3,410 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of White County.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)" (file geodatabase (GDB) at ftp://rockyftp.cr.usgs.gov/vdelivery/Datasets/Staged/Hydro/FileGDB101/). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
  2. ↑ "Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)". USGS. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  3. 1 2 "EPA MyWaters Mapper". Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2015-12-08.

Coordinates: 34°35′29″N83°41′11″W / 34.59139°N 83.68639°W / 34.59139; -83.68639

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