Abrams Creek is a creek in Blount County, Tennessee. Its headwaters are in Cades Cove, and it is a tributary of the Little Tennessee River.[6][7] It is named after the Chilhowee Cherokee chief Old Abraham ("Abram").[7] Visitors swim and fish in the creek.[8] The creek was deliberately poisoned in 1957 to kill fish in potential competition with rainbow trout; many fish species were extirpated from the river and have never recovered.[6][9]

Abrams Creek Tributary to Little Tennessee River
Abrams Creek near Trailhead
Location of Abrams Creek mouth Show map of Tennessee Abrams Creek (Tennessee) (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Blount
Physical characteristics
Source	confluence of Anthony Creek and Left Prong Anthony Creek
• location	west of Cold Water Knob
• coordinates	35°35′20″N 083°45′28″W[1]
• elevation	2,440 ft (740 m)[2]
Mouth	Little Tennessee River
• location	about 5 miles north of Calderwood, Tennessee
• coordinates	35°33′20″N 083°59′56″W[1]
• elevation	874 ft (266 m)[3]
Length	27.60 mi (44.42 km)[4]
Basin size	87.14 square miles (225.7 km2)[5]
Discharge
• location	Little Tennessee River
• average	215.53 cu ft/s (6.103 m3/s) at mouth with Little Tennessee River[5]
Basin features
Progression	Little Tennessee River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	Ohio River
Tributaries
• left	Left Prong Anthony Creek, Maywood Creek, Sea Branch, Maple Branch, McCaulley Branch, Cades Branch, Whistling Branch, Mill Creek, More Licker Branch, Law Branch, McCully Branch, Pardon Branch, Mill Branch, Shoofly Branch, Huckleberry Branch, Panther Creek
• right	Anthony Creek, Green Branch, Crooked Arm Branch, Harrison Branch, Marthas Branch, Feezell Branch, Tater Branch, Arbutus Branch, Stony Branch, Kreider Branch, Oak Flats Branch, Mill Branch, Buck Shank Branch, Kingfisher Creek, Bell Branch, Mill Creek
Bridges	Cades Cove Loop Road, Sparks Lane, Hyatt Lane, Cades Cove Loop Road, US 129

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

• Abrahams Creek
• Abram Creek
• Abram's Creek
• Anthony Creek
• Cove Creek
• Green Creek

Course

Abrams Creek begins at the confluence of Anthony Creek and Left Prong Anthony Creek west of Cold Water Knob, in Blount County, Tennessee and then flows generally west to join the Little Tennessee River in Chilhowee Lake approximately five miles north of Calderwood.[3]

Watershed

Abrams Creek drains 87.14 square miles (225.7 km²) of area, receives about 62.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 254.58, and is about 94% forested.[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Tennessee

References

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