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Thorn Creek; Tyler Creek (Illinois) (not to be confused with a creek of the same in Oregon) Vermilion River (Illinois River tributary)
Macoupin Creek is a 99.7-mile-long (160.5 km) [2] tributary of the Illinois River, which it joins near the village of Hardin, Illinois. The word macoupin refers to the yellow pond lily [ 3 ] [ 4 ] ( Nuphar advena ), a native plant of the regional wetlands , and a favorite food source of local Indians.
The Big Bureau Creek is a 73-mile-long (117 km) [1] tributary of the Illinois River in north central Illinois. [2] It rises approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Mendota and flows southwest into Bureau County , turning south at Princeton and then flowing east into the Illinois River floodplain.
Parts of the creek were modified and straightened during the 1960s and 1970s. [4] Flood control dams were constructed along the creek in 1978 within the Ned Brown Forest Preserve near Elk Grove Village, Illinois, creating the 590-acre (2.4 km 2) Busse Lake. A diversion tunnel was constructed approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of the ...
Indian Creek is part of the Lower Fox River watershed. [4] [5] Indian Creek travels near the communities of Paw Paw (in Lee County), Shabbona and Rollo (in DeKalb County), and Earlville, Harding, Serena, and Baker (in LaSalle County). The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) shows 22 streams bearing the name Indian Creek in Illinois.
Sugar Creek, a tributary of the Sangamon River, is a large creek in central Illinois, United States. It rises in Talkington Township in southwestern Sangamon County , flows briefly through northeastern Macoupin County , and then runs northeastward through south-central Sangamon County before discharging into Lake Springfield .
Shoal Creek (Illinois) Sinsinawa River; Skillet Fork; Skokie River; Somonauk Creek; South Branch Kishwaukee River; Spoon River; Spring Creek (Macon County, Illinois) Spring Creek (Sangamon County, Illinois) Stevens Creek (Illinois) Stillman Creek (Illinois) Sugar Creek (Sangamon River tributary) Sugar River (Wisconsin)
Salt Creek is a major tributary to the Sangamon River, which it joins at the boundary between Mason and Menard County, Illinois. [2] There are at least two other Salt Creeks in Illinois, Salt Creek (Des Plaines River Tributary), and in Effingham County, Illinois. Salt Creek is about 110 miles (180 km) in length. [3]