Mill Creek (Norris Lake)
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Water code | US : 1293849 | |
location | Anderson County in Tennessee (USA) | |
River system | Mississippi River | |
Drain over | Clinch River → Tennessee → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico | |
source | at Mill Creek Settlement, 36 ° 14 ′ 57 ″ N , 84 ° 1 ′ 18 ″ W |
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Source height | 370 m | |
muzzle | in Norris Lake coordinates: 36 ° 14 ′ 21 ″ N , 84 ° 0 ′ 3 ″ W 36 ° 14 ′ 21 ″ N , 84 ° 0 ′ 3 ″ W.
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The Mill Creek ( English for "Mühlbach") is a small stream in Anderson County in the US state of Tennessee .
It rises near the hamlet of Mill Creek at about 370 m above sea level. After about two kilometers it flows into Norris Lake .
Before the Norris Dam was completed in 1936, Mill Creek flowed several kilometers further northeast. At what is now Pilot Island , the stream flowed into the Clinch River . Today the entire lower valley of Mill Creek is flooded.