McLeod Creek

McLeod Creek
View of McLeod Creek, looking south over Swaner Preserve from Highland Drive, Snyderville, Utah in October 2023
McLeod Creek is located in Utah
McLeod Creek
Location of mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StateUtah
RegionSummit County, Utah
Physical characteristics
SourceEastern slope of the Wasatch Range
 • location1.3 miles (2.1 km) southwest of Park City, Utah
 • coordinates40°37′44″N 111°31′00″W / 40.62889°N 111.51667°W / 40.62889; -111.51667[2]
 • elevation8,224 ft (2,507 m)
MouthConfluence with Kimball Creek, the beginning of East Canyon Creek
 • location
1.4 miles (2.3 km) east of Kimball Junction, Utah
 • coordinates
40°43′26″N 111°31′07″W / 40.72389°N 111.51861°W / 40.72389; -111.51861[1]
 • elevation
6,300 ft (1,900 m)
Length9.0 mi (14.5 km)
USGS Map of Kimball Creek and McLeod Creek confluence, the sources of East Canyon Creek

McLeod Creek is a 9.0-mile-long (14.5 km)[1] northwards-flowing stream that begins 1.3 miles (2.1 km) southwest of Park City, Utah on the east side of the summit of the Wasatch Range. It is one of the upper reaches of the East Canyon Creek watershed in Summit County, Utah, which flows to the Weber River ad ultimately the Great Salt Lake.

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 3, 2023
  2. ^ "McLeod Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.