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Pine Creek (Humboldt River tributary)

Coordinates: 40°36′02″N 116°11′39″W / 40.60056°N 116.19417°W / 40.60056; -116.19417
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Pine Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] It is a tributary to the Humboldt River.[2]

Pine Creek was so named on account of pine timber near its course.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pine Creek (Humboldt River tributary)
  2. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 35.

40°36′02″N 116°11′39″W / 40.60056°N 116.19417°W / 40.60056; -116.19417