TNT Creek

TNT Creek
Name origin: For TNT bucked off by a pack mule near the creek
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Source
 - location Willamette National Forest
 - elevation 4,814 ft (1,467 m) [1]
 - coordinates 43°38′16″N 122°15′44″W / 43.63778°N 122.26222°W / 43.63778; -122.26222 [2]
Mouth Hills Creek
 - elevation 2,556 ft (779 m) [2]
 - coordinates 43°37′48″N 122°16′50″W / 43.63000°N 122.28056°W / 43.63000; -122.28056Coordinates: 43°37′48″N 122°16′50″W / 43.63000°N 122.28056°W / 43.63000; -122.28056 [2]
Location of the mouth of TNT Creek in Oregon

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 involving a United States Forest Service ranger's mule that threw off a load of trinitrotoluene (TNT) by the creek.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. 1 2 3 "TNT Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 7, 2015 – via ACME Mapper.
  4. ↑ "Indians, Surveyors, Incidents Gave Names to Streams, Lakes and Mountains". Eugene Register-Guard. January 4, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved April 23, 2015.


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