Lodgepole Creek

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Lodgepole Creek[1]
Lodgepole Creek north of Kimball, Nebraska
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	41°19′17″N 105°11′57″W / 41.32139°N 105.19917°W / 41.32139; -105.19917
Mouth
• location	Confluence with South Platte River
• coordinates	40°57′18″N 102°23′04″W / 40.95500°N 102.38444°W / 40.95500; -102.38444
• elevation	3,517 ft (1,072 m)
Length	278 mi (447 km)
Basin features
Progression	South Platte—Platte—Missouri—Mississippi

Lodgepole Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately 278 miles (447 km) long,^[2] in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. Lodgepole Creek drains a basin in the interior of a low plateau which lies between the South Platte Basin and the North Platte Basin in the southeastern corner of Wyoming, the southern edge of the Nebraska Panhandle and several small portions of northeastern Colorado. As its name implies, Lodgepole Creek is a very small stream; for nearly all of its length it flows through the semiarid High Plains. The Lodgepole Creek Valley has been a major transportation route for over 100 years; the line of the original transcontinental railroad, the Lincoln Highway/U.S. Highway 30 and Interstate 80 all run along the stream for much of its length.