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Wildcat Creek is a
tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drai ...
of the
Wabash River The Wabash River (French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows from ...
in north-central
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. The stream is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed May 19, 2011 and drains an area of .U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data covering Wildcat Creek watershed, 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 05120107
The National Map
retrieved 2015-10-24 Wildcat Creek consists of three main forks-North, South, and Middle. All forks flow in a general east-west direction through varied topography and land uses, including cropland, pasture, forest and developed areas. The major tributaries of the Wildcat are the Little Wildcat Creek and the Kokomo Creek. This creek would be known as a river in most areas of the United States due to its width. At its mouth, the estimated mean annual discharge of Wildcat Creek is , according to the
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. In November 1812, an American military force was defeated in the Battle of Wild Cat Creek, sometimes known as "Spur's Defeat". The Wildcat travels through Greentown, Kokomo and Burlington before joining the Wabash River near
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. Just west of Greentown, the creek becomes the Kokomo Reservoir. The Wildcat Guardians, a private environmental/recreational organization, works to keep the creek free of litter and debris. Wildcat Creek is also a Group 5 waterway below dams in Kokomo, and due to high mercury and PCB content, fish are not to be consumed west of the dam. In February 2014, the Wildcat Creek was featured on CBS Evening News for its ice dam jams, because of the frigid winter season.http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/massive-ice-dams-jamming-rivers-several-states-on-alert-for-floods/ CBS News: Massive ice dams jamming rivers, several states on alert for floods


See also

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List of rivers of Indiana This is a list of rivers in Indiana (U.S. state). By tributary Lake Erie *Maumee River ** St. Marys River ** St. Joseph River *** Cedar Creek **** Little Cedar Creek **** Willow Creek *** Fish Creek Lake Michigan * St. Joseph River (Lake Michig ...


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A canoe guide for paddling the Wildcat Creek

WildcatCreek.net
{{authority control Rivers of Indiana Tributaries of the Wabash River Rivers of Carroll County, Indiana Rivers of Howard County, Indiana