| TNT Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of TNT Creek in Oregon | |
| Etymology | For TNT bucked off by a pack mule near the creek |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lane |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Willamette National Forest |
| • coordinates | 43°38′16″N 122°15′44″W / 43.63778°N 122.26222°W / 43.63778; -122.26222 |
| • elevation | 4,814 ft (1,467 m) |
| Mouth | Hills Creek |
| • coordinates | 43°37′48″N 122°16′50″W / 43.63000°N 122.28056°W / 43.63000; -122.28056 |
| • elevation | 2,556 ft (779 m) |
TNT Creek is a small tributary of Hills Creek in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. 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.
TNT Creek was named for an incident by a United States Forest Service ranger's mule that threw off a load of trinitrotoluene (TNT) by the creek.
See also
References
- ^ "TNT Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 7, 2015 – via ACME Mapper.
- "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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