Dogue Creek

38°42′36″N 77°07′58″W / 38.7099°N 77.1328°W / 38.7099; -77.1328

Dogue Creek
Dogue Creek in the Jackson M. Abbott Wetland Refuge
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
LocationFairfax County, Virginia
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Potomac River
 • elevation
0 feet (0 m)
Length8.5 miles (13.7 km)

Dogue Creek is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km)[1] tributary of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, named for the Tauxenent Indigenous Native American People also known as Doeg people. The lower 3 miles (5 km) of the creek form a tidal embayment of the Potomac to the east of Fort Belvoir.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011