Okatibbee Dam on Okatibbee Creek impounds an 11,000-acre (45 km2) reservoir, which was constructed in the 1960s for flood control.[4] Okatibbee Dam mitigates flood damage along Okatibbee Creek and the upper reaches of the Chickasawhay River.[5]
Okatibbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning "ice therein".[6] Many variant names or transliterations exist, including "Chickasahay Creek", "Oak-tib-be Haw Creek", "Oakitabaha Creek", "Oakitibbeha River", "Oakitibbihaha Creek", "Oakitibiha Creek", "Oaktibbeehaw River", "Oaktibbeha Creek", "Octibaha Creek", "Octibbeha Creek", "Octibha Creek", "Oka Teebehaw Creek", "Okatibaha Creek", "Okatibahah Creek", "Okattbahah Creek", "Oketibbyhaw Creek", "Oktibbeha Creek", and "Oktibea Creek".[2]
okatibbee, creek, stream, state, mississippi, tributaries, include, chickasawhay, creek, sowashee, creek, suqualena, creek, joins, chunky, river, form, chickasawhay, river, making, headwater, streams, pascagoula, river, basin, lies, southern, hills, region, ea. Okatibbee Creek is a stream in the U S state of Mississippi 2 Tributaries include Chickasawhay Creek Sowashee Creek and Suqualena Creek Okatibbee Creek joins the Chunky River to form the Chickasawhay River making it one of the headwater streams of the Pascagoula River Basin 3 Okatibbee Creek lies in the Southern Red Hills Region of the East Gulf Coastal Plain Province 1 Okatibbee CreekOkatibbee Creek in Lauderdale County MississippiLocationCountryUnited StatesStateMississippiPhysical characteristicsSource coordinates32 43 24 N 88 56 35 W 32 723468 N 88 9431104 W 32 723468 88 9431104Mouth coordinates32 10 59 N 88 49 19 W 32 1829249 N 88 8219931 W 32 1829249 88 8219931Length76 7 mi 123 4 km Basin size540 sq mi 1 400 km2 1 Okatibbee Dam on Okatibbee Creek impounds an 11 000 acre 45 km2 reservoir which was constructed in the 1960s for flood control 4 Okatibbee Dam mitigates flood damage along Okatibbee Creek and the upper reaches of the Chickasawhay River 5 Okatibbee is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning ice therein 6 Many variant names or transliterations exist including Chickasahay Creek Oak tib be Haw Creek Oakitabaha Creek Oakitibbeha River Oakitibbihaha Creek Oakitibiha Creek Oaktibbeehaw River Oaktibbeha Creek Octibaha Creek Octibbeha Creek Octibha Creek Oka Teebehaw Creek Okatibaha Creek Okatibahah Creek Okattbahah Creek Oketibbyhaw Creek Oktibbeha Creek and Oktibea Creek 2 During William Tecumseh Sherman s Meridian campaign Major General James B McPherson ordered troops under the command of Mortimer Dormer Leggett and Marcellus M Crocker to defend a train bridge over Okatibbee Creek This bridge allowed the Union Army to remain supplied during the destruction of Meridian 7 References edit a b Okatibbee Lake Project PDF sam usace mil United States Army Corps of Engineers Retrieved August 16 2023 a b U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Okatibbee Creek Okatibbee WMA mdfwp com Retrieved August 16 2023 Okatibbee Lake US Army Corps of Engineers Retrieved 21 August 2019 Downard Whitney April 5 2019 Okatibbee plays major role in flood control The Meridian Star Retrieved August 16 2023 Baca Keith A 2007 Native American Place Names in Mississippi University Press of Mississippi p 72 ISBN 978 1 60473 483 6 Foster Buck T 2006 Sherman s Mississippi Campaign Tuscaloosa Alabama University of Alabama Press p 100 ISBN 9780817315191 This article related to a river in Mississippi is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Okatibbee Creek amp oldid 1170776909, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
