TNT Creek | |
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Etymology | For TNT bucked off by a pack mule near the creek |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Lane |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Willamette National Forest |
• coordinates | 43°38′16″N 122°15′44″W / 43.63778°N 122.26222°W [1] |
• elevation | 4,814 ft (1,467 m) [2] |
Mouth | Hills Creek |
• coordinates | 43°37′48″N 122°16′50″W / 43.63000°N 122.28056°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,556 ft (779 m) [1] |
TNT Creek is a small tributary of Hills Creek in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. [3] It enters the larger stream about 10.5 miles (16.9 km) above its confluence with the Middle Fork Willamette River at Hills Creek Reservoir. [3]
TNT Creek was named for an incident by a United States Forest Service ranger's mule that threw off a load of trinitrotoluene (TNT) by the creek. [4]
TNT Creek | |
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Etymology | For TNT bucked off by a pack mule near the creek |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Lane |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Willamette National Forest |
• coordinates | 43°38′16″N 122°15′44″W / 43.63778°N 122.26222°W [1] |
• elevation | 4,814 ft (1,467 m) [2] |
Mouth | Hills Creek |
• coordinates | 43°37′48″N 122°16′50″W / 43.63000°N 122.28056°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,556 ft (779 m) [1] |
TNT Creek is a small tributary of Hills Creek in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. [3] It enters the larger stream about 10.5 miles (16.9 km) above its confluence with the Middle Fork Willamette River at Hills Creek Reservoir. [3]
TNT Creek was named for an incident by a United States Forest Service ranger's mule that threw off a load of trinitrotoluene (TNT) by the creek. [4]