Jenkins Creek (Nodaway River tributary)
| Jenkins Creek | |
|---|---|
Jenkins Creek on Route Y bridge southeast of Graham | |
Watershed map of Jenkins Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Nodaway |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | White Cloud Township |
| • coordinates | 40°15′15″N 94°55′58″W / 40.254158°N 94.9327495°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,095 ft (334 m) |
| Mouth | Nodaway River |
• location | Hughes Township |
• coordinates | 40°10′32″N 95°04′07″W / 40.1755488°N 95.0685852°W[1] |
• elevation | 866 ft (264 m)[1] |
| Length | 13.2 mi (21.2 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 27 sq mi (70 km2)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Jenkins Creek → Nodaway River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Atlantic Ocean |
| Stream gradient 17.4 ft/mi (3.30 m/km)}[2] | |
Jenkins Creek is a stream in Nodaway County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Nodaway River and is 13.2 miles long.[2]
History
Its original name was Rain Creek[4][5][6] (or Rains Creek[7][8]) but the name Jenkins Creek first appeared on a 1926 USGS map.[9] The last recorded use of Rain Creek was in a 1930 plat map.[10]
Geography
Jenkins Creek is a left tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 25.3 miles before its mouth in the Missouri River.[3] There are no communities in its watershed. It is the last notable tributary of the Nodaway River in Nodaway County.
Course
It begins about 6 miles southwest of Maryville, then travels south-southwest for over five miles until it is due east of Graham. Jenkins Creek then begins a more west-southwest direction where it is met with some bluffs on its southern side before it joins the Nodaway River about 2.5 miles southeast of Maitland.
Tributaries
There are two tributaries of this stream named: East Fork Jenkins Creek and Coal Creek
Crossings
Three highways cross Jenkins Creek: Route A, Route H, and Route Y.
Miscellaneous
Dozens of wind turbines of the White Cloud Wind Farm are located in the northern portion of the Jenkins Creek watershed.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jenkins Creek (Nodaway River tributary)
- ^ a b c Horton, Rick (2022). Nodaway River Watershed and Inventory Assessment (PDF). Missouri Department of Conservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ a b "MO USGS HUC12 Watershed Boundaries". Missouri Spatial Data Information Service. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on April 15, 2025. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
- ^ "Records of the Post Office Department, Missouri: Newton - Osage". National Archves Catalog. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ "Plat book of Nodaway County, Missouri, 1893". North West Pubishing Co. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Atlas of Nodaway County, Missouri". The Anderson Publishing Company. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ "Records of the Post Office Department, Missouri: Newton - Osage". National Archves Catalog. Retrieved May 19, 2025.
- ^ "Centennial map of Nodaway County, Missouri, 1876". Library of Congress. Morehouse, Sisson & Co. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
- ^ "TopoView". USGS. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Plat book of Nodaway County, Missouri, 1930". Hixson (W. W.) and Company. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "White Cloud Wind Project, LLC". GridInfo. Retrieved April 17, 2025.