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Yellow Creek (Illinois)

River in Illinois, United States

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name	Yellow Creek
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source1_location	Stephenson County, northwest of Lena, Illinois
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mouth_location	Pecatonica River, east of Freeport, Illinois
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progression	Yellow Creek → Pecatonica → Rock → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
source1_elevation	977 ft
mouth_elevation	748 ft
length	50 mi
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Yellow Creek is a tributary of the Pecatonica River in Stephenson County, in the US state of Illinois. The 50 mi stream also flows through a small part of Jo Daviess County. The waters of Yellow Creek were assessed for water quality in 1996, with 28 mi being listed as "fair" and 22 mi being listed as "good". During the 1832 Black Hawk War, the Battle of Waddams Grove was fought along Yellow Creek.

Course

Yellow Creek is a 50 mi tributary within the Pecatonica River watershed and is considered a major stream within that system. Most of its course is through Stephenson County, Illinois, but a small part of the stream flows into Jo Daviess County, in extreme northwestern Illinois. The stream's source is at 42°25′10″N 89°53′52″W and its mouth is at 42°17′23″N 89°34′10″W.

History

During the 1832 Black Hawk War, a conflict between Sauk Chief Black Hawk's British Band and settlers in Michigan Territory and the state of Illinois, the Battle of Waddams Grove occurred near Yellow Creek. After a number of Native American raids in the area, James W. Stephenson raised a group of volunteers and set out in search of the raiders. Stephenson caught up with the band of Native Americans on June 18, 1832, in an open area near Yellow Creek, about 12 mi east of Kellogg's Grove, Illinois.

Water quality

A total of 22 mi of the stream's waters were identified as "good" and 28 mi were designated as "fair" by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in 1996.

Notes

References

"[http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/water-quality/report-1996/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-07.html Pecatonica River Watershed], Watersheds of Illinois – 1996, ''Illinois Environmental Protection Agency''. Retrieved October 4, 2007.
The [[Pecatonica River]] watershed covers {{convert. 509675. acre. km2 in [[Winnebago County, Illinois. Winnebago]], [[Stephenson County, Illinois. Stephenson]], [[Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Jo Daviess]] and [[Carroll County, Illinois. Carroll]] counties in Illinois. The largest city within the drainage basin is [[Freeport, Illinois. Freeport]]. See "Pecatonica River Watershed."
{{gnis. 421568. Yellow Creek
"[http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/watershed/reports/303d-report/2002-report/watersheds/ws07yr02.pdf Pecatonica River Watershed – Figure 7]," ([[PDF]]), Map: Listed Waters 2002, ''Illinois Environmental Protection Agency''. Retrieved October 4, 2007.
0805077588). Retrieved July 31, 2007.
The battlefield itself is believed to be located along the Yellow Creek northwest of William Waddams' original land claims north of the present day unincorporated town of [[Waddams Grove, Illinois]].Carter, Greg. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20091022123007/http://geocities.com/old_lead/waddam.htm Captain Stephenson's Fight]," May 2004, ''Old Lead Historical Society''. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
(January 2026)

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