Addition Creek

Addition Creek
Tributary to South Fork Flathead River
Location of Addition Creek mouth
Addition Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyFlathead
Physical characteristics
SourceBunker Creek divide
 • locationBruce Mountain
 • coordinates47°51′22″N 113°36′18″W / 47.85611°N 113.60500°W / 47.85611; -113.60500[1]
 • elevation5,600 ft (1,700 m)[2]
MouthSouth Fork Flathead River
 • location
about 0.25 miles southwest of Horse Ridge
 • coordinates
47°55′04″N 113°31′19″W / 47.91778°N 113.52194°W / 47.91778; -113.52194[1]
 • elevation
3,614 ft (1,102 m)[3]
Length5.78 mi (9.30 km)[4]
Basin size17.43 square miles (45.1 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationSouth Fork Flathead River
 • average48.25 cu ft/s (1.366 m3/s) at mouth with South Fork Flathead River[5]
Basin features
ProgressionSouth Fork Flathead RiverFlathead River → → Clark ForkPend Oreille RiverColumbia RiverPacific Ocean
River systemFlathead River
Tributaries 
 • leftBruce Creek
 • rightLittle Creek
BridgesNF-2826

Addition Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Montana.[6] It is a tributary to South Fork Flathead River.

According to tradition, Addition Creek was named in celebration of the wedding of forestry official Donald Bruce (namesake to Bruce Creek).[7]

Course

Addition Creek rises at Bruce Mountain in Flathead County, Montana, and then flows northwest to join South Fork Flathead River about 0.25 miles southwest of Horse Ridge.[3]

Watershed

Addition Creek drains 17.43 square miles (45.1 km2) of area, receives about 54.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 283.50, and is about 86% forested.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Addition Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Addition Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Addition Creek
  7. ^ "Geographic names". Forest History Society. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.