Eighteen Mile Creek (Erie County)
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This article is about the Lake Erie tributary in Erie County. For the Lake Ontario tributary in Niagara County, see Eighteen Mile Creek (Niagara County).
Eighteen Mile Creek (also known as Eighteenmile Creek) is a tributary of Lake Erie located in southern Erie County, New York, United States.[1] The creek is the second largest tributary of Lake Erie in New York State.[3]
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Eighteen Mile Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
Region | Western New York |
County | Erie County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Concord |
• coordinates | 42°33′23″N 78°41′28″W[1] |
2nd source | South Branch Eighteen Mile Cr. |
• location | North Collins |
• coordinates | 42°32′17″N 78°45′51″W[2] |
Source confluence | |
• location | Hamburg |
• coordinates | 42°41′58″N 78°54′12″W[2] |
Mouth | Lake Erie |
• location | Highland-on-the-Lake |
• coordinates | 42°43′05″N 78°58′09″W[1] |
Basin size | 310 km2 (120 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | South Branch Eighteen Mile Cr. |
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The name is derived from the creek's distance south of the Niagara River in Buffalo. The creek was named Koughquaugu Creek by the Seneca Nation.[4]