title: South Branch Verdigre Creek
text: # South Branch Verdigre Creek
  
  South Branch Verdigre Creek is a 19.18 mi (30.87 km)-long fourth-order tributary to Verdigre Creek in Knox County, Nebraska. This stream along with East Branch Verdigre Creek forms Verdigre Creek.
  
  ## Course
  
  South Branch Verdigre Creek rises on the Elkhorn River divide about 3 miles southeast of Page, Nebraska and then flows generally northeast to join East Branch Verdigre Creek to form Verdigre Creek about 8 miles east-southeast of Venus, Nebraska.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  South Branch Verdigre Creek drains 90.77 square miles (235.1 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 26.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 513.35, and is about 3.29% forested.
  
  