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Tombigbee River Basin TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN Name of Waterway From To Date Tombigbee River Origin, confluence of Big Brown MS - AL State line; south- 1988 and Mackeys Creek; just west of east of Columbus, MS; in Tenn-Tom Waterway; south of northeast Noxubee County Natchez Trace Parkway; southeast 33° 15′ 47″ / 88° 18′ 28″ of Booneville, MS; in northwest Itawamba County 34° 25′ 39″ / 88° 25′ 14″ Big Brown Creek Confluence of Hurricane Creek; Tombigbee River; just west 1990 northeast of Marietta, MS; south- of Tenn-Tom Waterway; east of Booneville, MS; in south- south of Natchez Trace east Prentiss County Parkway; southeast of 34° 30′ 18″ / 88° 26′ 06″ Booneville, MS in northwest Itawamba County 34° 25′ 39″ / 88° 25′ 14″ Mackeys Creek Confluence of Rock Creek; Tombigbee River; just west 1990 Tishomingo / Prentiss County of Tenn-Tom Waterway; line; just southwest of river mile south of Natchez Trace 410 on Tenn-Tom Waterway; Parkway; southeast of southwest of Belmont, MS; east of Booneville, MS in northwest Marietta, MS Itawamba County 34° 29′ 37″ / 88° 19′ 45″ 34° 25′ 39″ / 88° 25′ 14″ Twentymile Creek MS State Highway 370; just east Tombigbee River; just west 1990 of Baldwyn, MS; Prentiss / Lee of Tenn-Tom Waterway; County line northeast of Mantachie, MS; 34° 30′ 32″ / 88° 36′ 31″ east of Saltillo, MS; in Itawamba County 34° 20′ 44″ / 88° 25′ 54″ Bull Mountain Creek MS-AL State line; east of Fulton, Tombigbee River; northeast 1988 MS; east of MS State Highway 23; of Amory, MS; northwest of near Cotton Gin Road; in east Smithville, MS; near Van central Itawamba County Buren-Carolina Road; just 34° 15′ 50″ / 88° 10′ 52″ north of Itawamba / Monroe County line; in southwest Itawamba County 34° 06′ 04″ / 88° 25′ 26″ Gum Creek Confluence of Little Briar Creek; Bull Mountain Creek; south 1990 just northwest of Oakland, MS; of MS State Highway 25 / northeast of Fulton, MS; upstream U.S. Highway 78; southwest from Gum Cobb Stump Road of Tremont, MS; in east bridge; in east central Itawamba Itawamba County County 34° 12′ 55″ / 88° 17′ 06″ 34° 17′ 19″ / 88° 15′ 46″ Town Creek Natchez Trace; north of Tupelo, Tombigbee River; southwest 1990 MS; north of U.S. Highway 78; of Amory, MS; just north of west of MS State Highway 145; in U.S. Highway 278; in west west Lee County Monroe County 34° 18′ 27″ / 88° 43′ 15″ 33° 59′ 34″ / 88° 32′ 41″ Mud Creek Confluence of Sand Creek; just Town Creek; just east of 1990 downstream of U.S. Highway 45 U.S. Highway 45; in south- bridge; between Tupelo, MS and east Tupelo, MS; just up- Saltillo, MS; in Lee County stream of Eason Boulevard 34° 19′ 48″ / 88° 41′ 53″ bridge; in Lee County 34° 14′ 19″ / 88° 41′ 40″ Chiwapa Creek Confluence of Mubby Creek; Town Creek; southwest of 1990 southwest of Tupelo, MS; south- Nettleton, MS; west of U.S. east of Pontotoc, MS; west of Highway 45; in northwest Natchez Trace Parkway; in south- Monroe County east Pontotoc County 34° 04′ 23″ / 88° 38′ 55″ 34° 10′ 43″ / 88° 51′ 01″ Tennessee- Pickwick Lake; near MS State MS - AL State line; south- 1990 Tombigbee Highway 25; northwest of Iuke, MS; east of Columbus, MS; in Waterway east of Corinth, MS; in northwest northeast Noxubee County Tishomingo County 33° 16′ 23″ / 88° 18′ 27″ 34° 54′ 54″ / 88° 14′ 54″ Mattubby Creek U.S. Highway 45; northwest of Tombigbee River; just east 1990 Aberdeen, MS; southwest of of Aberdeen, MS; down- Amory, MS; southeast of Okolona, stream of Aberdeen Lake; MS; in east central Monroe just upstream of MS State County Highway 25 / U.S. Highway 34° 52′ 13″ / 88° 35′ 46″ 45 bridge; in south central Monroe County 33° 49′ 50″ / 88° 31′ 59″ Buttahatchee River MS - AL State Line; north of U.S. Tombigbee River; northeast 1988 Highway 278; southeast of Amory, of West Point, MS; north- MS; northeast of Aberdeen, MS; west of Columbus, MS; at in east central Monroe County Monroe / Clay / Lowndes 33° 53′ 31″ / 88° 13′ 44″ County line 33° 39′ 02″ / 88° 30′ 50″ Sipsey Creek MS - AL State Line; between Buttahatchee River; just 1990 Hatley, MS - Detroit, AL road and south of U.S. Highway 278; Sipsey, MS - Detroit, AL road; between Greenwood Springs, east of Amory, MS; in northeast MS and Gattman, MS; west Monroe County of Wolf Road; in east central 34° 00′ 27″ / 88° 12′ 49″ Monroe County 33° 52′ 28″ / 88° 17′ 17″ Tibbee Creek Origin, confluence of Tombigbee River; in 1988 Chuquatonchee Creek and Line Columbus Lake; northwest of Creek; southwest of West Point, Columbus, MS; Lowndes / MS; between Columbus and Clay County line Greenville Railroad and Gulf and 33° 31′ 40″ / 88° 29′ 30″ Mississippi Railroad; in south Clay County 33° 34′ 07″ / 88° 41′ 47″ Chuquatonchee Confluence of Shaw Creek; Tibbee Creek; origin and 1988 Creek southeast of Van Vleet, MS; south- confluence with Line Creek; west of Okolona, MS; west of MS southwest of West Point, MS; State Highway 385; south of MS between Columbus and State Highway 32; in northeast Greenville Railroad and Gulf and Chickasaw County Mississippi Railroad; in south 33° 58′ 07″ / 88° 51′ 08″ Clay County 33° 34′ 07″ / 88° 41′ 47″ Houlka Creek Confluence of Chico Creek; south Chuquatonchee Creek; 1990 of MS State Highway 8; southeast between MS State Highway of Houston, MS; southwest of 47 and U.S. Highway 45; Trebloc, MS; in south Chickasaw northwest of West Point, MS; County southwest of Aberdeen, MS; 33° 49′ 53″ / 88° 55′ 52″ in east central Clay County 33° 43′ 09″ / 88° 43′ 36″ Line Creek Confluence of Prairie Creek; Tibbee Creek; origin and 1990 west of West Point, MS; east of confluence with Chuquaton- MS State Highway 389; south of chee Creek; southwest of MS State Highway 46; north of West Point, MS; between MS State Highway 50; in southeast Columbus and Greenville Clay County Railroad and Gulf and 33° 38′ 27″ / 88° 53′ 42″ Mississippi Railroad; in south Clay County 33° 34′ 07″ / 88° 41′ 47″ Trim Cane Creek MS State Highway 389; north of Line Creek; northeast of 1990 Starkville, MS; in north central Starkville, MS; southwest of Oktibbeha County West Point, MS; just north of 33° 31′ 13″ / 88° 50′ 28″ the Clay County / Oktibbeha County line 33° 34′ 02″ / 88° 45′ 59″ Catalpa Creek Confluence of Sand Creek; east Tibbee Creek; west of 1990 of Starkville, MS; between U.S. Columbus, MS; southwest of Highway 45 and Artesia - West West Point, MS; north of U.S. Point Road; north of Artesia, MS; Highway 82; at the Clay south of Mayhew, MS; in north- County / Lowndes County west Lowndes County line 33° 27′ 00″ / 88° 38′ 48″ 33° 31′ 34″ / 88° 33′ 48″ Luxapallila Creek MS - AL State line; northeast of Tombigbee River; just south 1988 Columbus, MS; east of Steens, MS; of Columbus, MS; near the north of MS State Highway 50; just Luxapallila Creek Recreation south of Fernbank Road; in east Area and boat ramp; west of central Lowndes County MS State Highway 69; in 33° 33′ 36″ / 88° 16′ 16″ east central Lowndes County 33° 27′ 25″ / 88° 25′ 59″ Yellow Creek MS - AL State line; northeast of Luxapallila Creek; just west 1988 Columbus, MS; northeast of of Steens, MS; just south of Steens, MS; southeast of intersection of Jemison Mill Caledonia, MS; east of MS State Road and Caledonia-Steens Highway 12; just east of Sanders Road; in northeast Lowndes Mill Road; in northeast Lowndes County County 33° 33′ 53″ / 88° 19′ 33″ 33° 37′ 56″ / 88° 15′ 45″ Noxubee River Confluence of Mill Creek; north- MS - AL State line; north- 1988 east of Louisville, MS; west of MS east of De Kalb, MS; south- State Highway 25; just south of east of Macon, MS; east of Gum Branch Road; in northwest Shuqualak, MS; in southeast Winston County Noxubee County 33° 33′ 36″ / 88° 16′ 16″ 33° 33′ 36″ / 88° 16′ 16″ Hashuqua Creek Confluence of Dancing Rabbit Noxubee River; northwest of 1990 Creek; southwest of Macon, MS; Macon, MS; north of MS southwest of Mashulaville, MS; State Highway 14; in west just south of MS State Highway central Noxubee County 490; south of MS State Highway 33° 08′ 05″ / 88° 39′ 53″ 14; just east of Butler Road; in southwest Noxubee County 33° 03′ 26″ / 88° 45′ 23″ Bodka Creek Confluence of Big Scooba MS - AL State line; east of 1990 Creek; east of De Kalb, MS; east De Kalb, MS; east of U.S. of U.S. Highway 45; southeast of Highway 45; southeast of Scooba, MS; north of Hopewell Scooba, MS; north of Hope- Road; in east central Kemper well Road; in east central County Kemper County 32° 45′ 54″ / 88° 22′ 50″ 32° 45′ 49″ / 88° 22′ 01″ Sucarnoochee River MS State Highway 16; northeast MS - AL State line; east of 1988 of De Kalb, MS; just north of MS State Highway 45; south Cherry Road; in central Kemper of Briggs Chruch Road; west County of Livingston, AL; in south- 32° 46′ 58″ / 88° 36′ 10″ east Kemper County 32° 36′ 51″ / 88° 23′ 04″ Pawticfaw Creek Confluence of Poole Branch; Sugarnoochee River; east 1990 southeast of De Kalb, MS; north- of U.S. Highway 45; north of west of Oak Grove, MS; down- Enondale, MS; just west of stream of Oak Grove Road bridge; KCS Railroad; in southeast Road bridge; in south central Kemper County Kemper County 32° 38′ 57″ / 88° 27′ 53″ 32° 41′ 52″ / 88° 34′ 57″ Ponta Creek Confluence of Big Reed Creek; MS - AL State line; east of 1988 northeast of Lauderdale, MS; east Tamola, MS; south of Sillimon of U.S.
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