What is "cedar creek"

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Cedar Creek (also called the Cedar River) is a tributary of the Cannonball River in southwestern North Dakota in the United States.

It rises near White Butte, south of Amidon in the badlands of Slope County. It flows ESE, north of Whetstone Butte, then east, north of the Cedar River National Grassland, forming the northern border of Sioux County and the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. It joins the Cannonball approximately 15 mi (24 km) southwest of Shields.

Called Mes-kwah-wa-se-pe or "old redwood creek" by Native Americans, Cedar Creek is the largest tributary of the St. Joseph River, draining in northeastern Indiana. It is long, rising in northwestern DeKalb County and joining the St. Joseph just below the Cedarville Dam in Allen County.

Cedar Creek, located in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky, USA, is an tributary to the Dix River. Via the Dix, Kentucky and Ohio rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. In 2002, a section of Cedar Creek was impounded to form Cedar Creek Lake.

Cedar Creek is a stream and estuary of Delaware Bay in Cumberland County, New Jersey in the United States.

It rises in Lawrence Township and flows through Lummistown, where it is dammed twice to form the Lummis Lakes. It is dammed again at Cedarville to form Cedar Lake, below which it enters the marshes and becomes tidal. Fresh Creek, now mostly turned to marsh, ran south to connect it to Middle Brook and cut off Jones Island. Bowers Creek and Howells Creek discharge into it among the marshlands before it empties into Nantuxent Cove of Delaware Bay.

Cedar Creek is an tributary of Barnegat Bay in Ocean County in the southern New Jersey Pine Barrens in the United States.

Cedar Creek is a tributary of the James River in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is notable for flowing through the Natural Bridge rock formation, a National Historic Landmark.

Cedar Creek is a stream in Floyd County and Polk County, Georgia.

Cedar Creek was named for groves of cedar trees lining its banks.

Cedar Creek is a tributary stream of the North Fork Shenandoah River in northern Virginia in the United States. It forms the majority of the boundary between Frederick and Shenandoah counties. Cedar Creek's confluence with the North Fork Shenandoah is located at Strasburg.

It was the site of the 1864 Battle of Cedar Creek in the American Civil War.

Cedar Creek is a creek in Kaufman County, Van Zandt County, and Henderson County in Texas.

It is a tributary to the Trinity River. The creek's impoundment forms the reservoir named Cedar Creek Lake.

Cedar Creek, a perennial stream of the Hunter River catchment, is located in the Hunter district of New South Wales, Australia.

Cedar Creek is a stream in Bourbon County, Kansas, in the United States.

Cedar Creek was named from the groves of red cedar in the area.

Cedar Creek is a stream in Winona County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is a tributary of the Mississippi River.

Cedar Creek was named for the red cedar trees near the stream.

Cedar Creek is a stream in southeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It emanates from Big Cedar Lake in the town of West Bend, then flows east into Little Cedar Lake. Eventually the creek flows to the southeast and runs directly through the heart of Cedarburg. The creek empties into the Milwaukee River within the town of Grafton.

The lower portion of the creek, once heavily polluted by industrial outflowage (including the former Mercury Marine boat engine plant), was rejuvenated in the late 1980s and 1990s. Several species of fish are found in the creek, including northern pike, rock bass, smallmouth bass, bluegills, sunfish, carp, suckers and bullheads. Several gristmills and a woolen mill were built along the creek in the mid-19th century, including several in downtown Cedarburg.

Cedar Creek may refer to several small streams in the U.S. state of Michigan:

• In Arenac County:
  • The Cedar Creek Drain rises in north central Mason Township on the boundary with Iosco County and flows southeasterly into the Au Gres River in Turner Township.
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• In Barry County:
  • The Cedar Creek rises in southeast Hope Township as the outflow of Big Cedar Lake and flows northerly into the Thornapple River in Hastings Township
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  • The North Branch Cedar Creek rises as the outflow of a series of small ponds in northeastern Baltimore Township and flows easterly into the Cedar Creek about a mile before its outflow into the Thornapple River.
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• In Cheboygan County:
  • The Cedar Creek is a short tributary of the Cedar River, rising in northwestern Mentor Township. It flows northerly into Pickerel Lake in southeastern Emmet County, Michigan.
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  • The Cedar Point Creek is a short stream rising in northeastern Burt Township and flowing southerly into White Goose Bay on Burt Lake.
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• In Gogebic County:
  • The Cedar Creek is a short stream rising in Watersmeet Township and flowing mostly north and east into the Imp Creek.
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• In Iron County:
  • The Cedar Creek is a short stream flowing mostly northerly within Bates Township into the Olson Creek, which flows into the Chicagon Slough, and then to the Paint River.
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• In Isabella County:
  • The Cedar Creek is a short stream flowing mostly northerly with Deerfield Township into the Chippewa River.
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• In Kent County:
  • The Cedar Creek rises in central Nelson Township northeast of the city of Cedar Springs. It flows southwesterly then mostly south into the Rogue River in Algoma Township
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  • The Little Cedar Creek rises in northwestern Courtland Township and flows west and south into the Cedar Creek in Algoma Township
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• In Keweenaw County:
  • The Cedar Creek is a very short stream within Eagle Harbor Township. It flows mostly west and north into Eagle Harbor of Lake Superior.
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Cedar Creek is an tributary of the South Fork Eel River in Mendocino County in the U.S. state of California. The creek begins southeast of Red Mountain, at an elevation of . It makes an S-curve west-northwest then bends sharply south, dropping into the valley of the South Fork Eel. The confluence is south of the city of Leggett, on the river's right bank. The only named tributary of Cedar Creek is Little Cedar Creek, a headwaters tributary. Big Dann Creek joins the South Fork Eel on the same bank, just upstream of Cedar Creek, while the next major tributary downstream of Cedar is Rock Creek. The Cedar Creek watershed is rugged and has few tributaries.

Cedar Creek is a tributary of the Little Kanawha River, long, in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in a rural region on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau.

Cedar Creek rises approximately west of Flatwoods in Braxton County and flows generally northwestward into Gilmer County, through the unincorporated community of Cedarville and through Cedar Creek State Park. It flows into the Little Kanawha River approximately west of Glenville.

According to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, approximately 90.5% of the Cedar Creek watershed is forested, mostly deciduous. Approximately 9.2% is used for pasture and agriculture.

The creek was named for the cedar trees along its course.