Boneyard Creek
| Boneyard Creek | |
|---|---|
The Boneyard flows through the UIUC Engineering Campus | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | City of Champaign, Illinois |
| • coordinates | 40°07′30″N 88°14′16″W / 40.1250317°N 88.2378271°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Saline Branch, Urbana, Illinois |
• coordinates | 40°07′N 88°12′W / 40.12°N 88.2°W |
• elevation | 728 ft (222 m) |
| Length | 3.3 mi (5.3 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Boneyard Creek → Saline Branch → Salt Fork → Vermilion → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
| GNIS ID | 422378 |
Boneyard Creek is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km) waterway that drains much of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois, United States. It is a tributary of the Saline Branch of the Salt Fork Vermilion River, which is a tributary of the south-flowing Vermilion River and the Wabash River. The creek flows through the northern sections of the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The newsletter of the university's ACM chapter is Banks of the Boneyard, named after the creek.