| Tenmile Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Montana_relief_location_map.jpg)  Location of the headwaters of Tenmile Creek in Lewis and Clark County, Montana | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Lewis and Clark County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | East side of the Continental Divide in southern Lewis and Clark County, Montana |
| • coordinates | 46°25′36.7392″N 112°18′50.3706″W / 46.426872000°N 112.313991833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 7,120 ft (2,170 m) |
| Mouth | Prickly Pear Creek |
• location | Lewis and Clark County, Montana |
• coordinates | 46°40′24.5382″N 111°58′32.973″W / 46.673482833°N 111.97582583°W[1] |
• elevation | 3,663 ft (1,116 m)[1] |
| Length | 26.5 mi (42.6 km) |
| Basin size | 200 sq mi (520 km2) |
Tenmile Creek is a 26.5-mile (42.6 km)[2] long tributary of Prickly Pear Creek, located in southern Lewis and Clark County in the state of Montana in the United States. Although somewhat polluted by abandoned mines and mine tailings in its upper watershed, Tenmile Creek supplies about half the water for the city of Helena, the state capitol.
- ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Tenmile Creek (Feature ID #801591)". Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West; Montana AFL-CIO (2012). Natural Resource and Environmental Restoration in Montana (PDF) (Report). University of Montana. p. 123. Retrieved June 7, 2015.