title: Rock Creek (Niobrara River tributary)
text: # Rock Creek (Niobrara River tributary)
  
  Rock Creek is a 7.66 mi (12.33 km) long second-order tributary to the Niobrara River in Rock County, Nebraska.
  
  Rock Creek rises on the North Fork Elkhorn River divide about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Turkey Foot School and then flows generally north to join the Niobrara River about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Dyer, Nebraska.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Rock Creek drains 14.79 square miles (38.3 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 24.1 in/year (61 cm/year) of precipitation, and is about 2.94% forested.
  
  