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
[edit]Its original name was Rain Creek[4][5] but the name Jenkins Creek first appeared on a 1926 USGS map.[6]. The last recorded use of Rain Creek was in a 1930 plat map.[7]
Geography
[edit]Jenkins Creek is a left tributary of the Nodaway River and joins it 25.1 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
[edit]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
[edit]There are two tributaries of this stream named: East Fork Jenkins Creek and Coal Creek
Crossings
[edit]Three highways cross Jenkins Creek: Route A, Route H, and Route Y.
Miscellaneous
[edit]Dozens of wind turbines of the White Cloud Wind Farm are located in the northern portion of the Jenkins Creek watershed.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Plat book of Nodaway County, Missouri, 1893". North West Pubishing Co. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ^ "Nodaway County 1911, 1893". The Anderson Publishing Company. Retrieved April 28, 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.