Horse Creek (Tombigbee River tributary)
Horse Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Clarke County |
• coordinates | 31°56′11″N 87°45′31″W / 31.93626°N 87.75861°W |
Mouth | |
• location | Marengo County, Tombigbee River |
• coordinates | 32°04′38″N 88°03′15″W / 32.07709°N 88.05418°W |
• elevation | 33 ft (10 m) |
Basin size | 60.4 sq mi (156 km2) |
Discharge | |
• average | 28,100 cu ft/s (800 m3/s) |
Horse Creek is a stream and tributary of the Tombigbee River in southern Marengo County and northern Clarke County in Alabama.[1]
Location and characteristics
Horse Creek originates near the Choctaw Corner in Clarke County, at coordinates of 31°56′11″N 87°45′31″W / 31.93626°N 87.75861°W, and discharges into the Tombigbee River near Putnam in Marengo County, at coordinates of 32°04′38″N 88°03′15″W / 32.07709°N 88.05418°W.[1] It has a watershed of 60.4 square miles (156 km2) and a discharge of 28,100 cubic feet (800 m3) per second.[2]
Prehistoric period
Archaeological work during the 1980s indicated that Horse Creek may mark the southern boundary for the Miller 1 phase of the Miller culture. Prior to this work, the boundary was thought by scholars to lie 15 miles (24 km) north, near Breckenridge landing.[3]
A truncated pyramidal
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Horse Creek
- ^ Geological Survey (U.S.) (2001). U.S. Geological Survey Water-supply Paper. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 77.
- ISBN 9780817302818.
- ISBN 9780817310196.