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==Tributaries== | ==Tributaries== | ||
* [[ | * [[Hurricane Creek]] | ||
* [[Bunch Creek]] | |||
* [[Byrd Creek]] | |||
* [[Samuel's Chapel Creek]] | |||
* [[Robbin's Branch]] | |||
* [[Payne Branch]] | |||
* [[Bristow Creek]] | |||
* [[Little Cove Creek]] | |||
* [[Phillips Branch]] | |||
* [[Clear Creek]] | |||
* [[Kenchelow Creek]] | |||
* [[Slab Branch]] | |||
* [[Mill Branch]] | |||
* [[Booker Branch]] | |||
* [[Handley Branch]] | |||
* [[Honey Branch]] | |||
* [[Hood Creek]] | |||
* [[Sawmill Branch]] | |||
* [[Graves Creek]] | |||
* [[Austin Creek]] | |||
* [[Little Scirum Creek]] | |||
* [[Big Scirum Creek]] | * [[Big Scirum Creek]] | ||
* [[Blackburn Fork]]/Little Warrior River | |||
* [[Tucker Creek]] | |||
* [[Sugar Creek]] | |||
* [[Pannell Creek]] | |||
* [[Hallmark Creek]] | |||
* [[White's Creek]] | |||
* [[Hayes Creek]] | |||
* [[Dean's Ferry Branch]] | |||
* [[Kelly Creek]] | |||
* [[Long's Branch]] | |||
* [[Gurley Creek]] | |||
* [[Hogeland Creek]] | |||
* [[Lick Creek]] | |||
* [[Turkey Creek]] | * [[Turkey Creek]] | ||
* [[Crooked Creek]] | |||
* [[Ward Creek]] | |||
* [[Trouble Creek]] | |||
* [[Campbell Creek]] | |||
* [[Cane Creek]] | |||
* [[Five Mile Creek]] | |||
* [[Obes Creek]] | |||
* [[Village Creek]] | * [[Village Creek]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Fishtrap Branch]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 17:30, 25 November 2014
The Locust Fork (also called the Little Warrior River) is a 158-mile long tributary of the Black Warrior River. It originates in Etowah County and drains central Blount County and norther Jefferson County. It is named for the black locust trees found along its banks.
Since 1915 its confluence with the Mulberry Fork to form the Black Warrior has been subsumed by the impoundment of Bankhead Lake.
The river's numerous stretches of white water has made it popular for recreation.
In the late 1980s the Birmingham Water Works Board proposed damming the Locust Fork to create a new reservoir. The controversial plan has not moved forward.
Tributaries
- Hurricane Creek
- Bunch Creek
- Byrd Creek
- Samuel's Chapel Creek
- Robbin's Branch
- Payne Branch
- Bristow Creek
- Little Cove Creek
- Phillips Branch
- Clear Creek
- Kenchelow Creek
- Slab Branch
- Mill Branch
- Booker Branch
- Handley Branch
- Honey Branch
- Hood Creek
- Sawmill Branch
- Graves Creek
- Austin Creek
- Little Scirum Creek
- Big Scirum Creek
- Blackburn Fork/Little Warrior River
- Tucker Creek
- Sugar Creek
- Pannell Creek
- Hallmark Creek
- White's Creek
- Hayes Creek
- Dean's Ferry Branch
- Kelly Creek
- Long's Branch
- Gurley Creek
- Hogeland Creek
- Lick Creek
- Turkey Creek
- Crooked Creek
- Ward Creek
- Trouble Creek
- Campbell Creek
- Cane Creek
- Five Mile Creek
- Obes Creek
- Village Creek
- Fishtrap Branch
External links
- Friends of the Locust Fork River website
| Black Warrior River | |
|---|---|
| Dams |
Bankhead Lock and Dam, Holt Lock and Dam, Oliver Lock and Dam, Lewis Smith Dam, Warrior Lock and Dam |
| Reservoirs |
Bankhead Lake, Holt Lake, Lake Tuscaloosa, Lake Oliver, Smith Lake, Inland Lake, Highland Lake, Warrior Lake |
| Tributaries |
Blackburn Fork, Locust Fork, Mulberry Fork, North River, Sipsey Fork, Valley Creek, Village Creek |