title: Big Springs Creek (South Branch Verdigre Creek tributary)
text: # Big Springs Creek (South Branch Verdigre Creek tributary)
  
  Big Springs Creek is a 10.78 mi (17.35 km) long third-order tributary to South Branch Verdigre Creek in Antelope County, Nebraska.
  
  ## Course
  
  Big Springs Creek rises on the Elkhorn River divide about 1.5 miles [CONVERT] west of Orchard, Nebraska in Antelope County and then flows north and northeast to join South Branch Verdigre Creek about 5 miles [CONVERT] north-northeast of Orchard, Nebraska.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Big Springs Creek drains 30.98 square miles (80.2 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 26.1 in/year [CONVERT] of precipitation, has a wetness index of 539.52, and is about 2.32% forested.
  
  