Buffalo Creek (Illinois)

Buffalo Creek is an 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km)^[2] tributary of the Des Plaines River. It begins in Lake Zurich, Illinois and flows mainly south-eastward through Kildeer, Long Grove, Buffalo Grove and Wheeling. In Wheeling, it is named Wheeling Drainage Ditch. It joins the Des Plaines River next to Chicago Executive Airport.

Buffalo Creek Wheeling Drainage Ditch
Location
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lake, Cook
City	Lake Zurich, Kildeer, Long Grove, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove, Wheeling
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lake Zurich, Illinois
• coordinates	42°11′14.5″N 88°3′52.8″W
Mouth	Des Plaines River
• location	Wheeling, Illinois
• coordinates	42°7′18″N 87°53′44.4″W
Length	10.40 miles
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GNIS note

The GNIS database information dates from 1980 and does not reflect recent changes made to the mouth location during improvements at Chicago Executive Airport. The source location may also have shifted due to housing development in the area. The coordinates used in the information box are from Google Earth.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buffalo Creek, USGS GNIS
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 13, 2011