Butternut Creek
Looking downstream from Bell Hill Road by Garrattsville
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Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Unadilla River
• location	Mount Upton, New York
• coordinates	42°24′55″N 75°22′30″W / 42.41528°N 75.37500°W / 42.41528; -75.37500
• elevation	1,000 ft (300 m)
Length	37 mi (60 km)
Basin size	130 sq mi (340 km2)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Butternut Creek → Unadilla River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries
• left	Stony Creek, Cahoon Creek, Shaw Brook
• right	Calhoun Creek, Morris Brook, Thorp Brook, Coye Brook, Dunderberg Creek, Halbert Brook, Dry Brook

Butternut Creek is a 37-mile-long (60 km) river in the state of New York. It converges with the Unadilla River just downstream of Mount Upton. The creek has many fish for fishing dominated by largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, wall-eye, chain pickerel, rock bass, and yellow perch.

The Mohawk called the creek the Tienuderrah.^[2] General Jacob Morris visited the area in 1787, and described Butternut Creek as "the handsomest navigable creek I ever lay my eyes upon."^[3]

Tributaries

Stony Clove Creek downstream of Parker Road.

Stony Creek flows into the creek northwest of New Lisbon.^[4] Shaw Brook flows into the creek south-southwest of Gilbertsville.^[5] Cahoon Creek flows into the creek east of Gilbertsville.^[6] Dunderberg Creek flows into the creek east of Gilbertsville.^[7] Calhoun Creek flows into the creek southeast of Morris.^[8] Morris Brook starts just east of Shacktown Mountain and flows south into Allen Pond. It exits Allen Pond and continues flowing south through Dimock Hollow before flowing into Morris Pond. It exits Morris Pond and flows southeast before converging with Butternut Creek southwest of Morris.^[9] Thorp Brook flows into the creek northeast of Gilbertsville.^[10] Coye Brook flows into the creek northeast of Gilbertsville.^[11] Halbert Brook flows into the creek southwest of Gilbertsville.^{[12][13][14][15]} Dry Brook flows into the creek southwest of Gilbertsville. Dry Brook was formally known as "Copes Brook".^[16][17]

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