Tenmile Creek (Lewis and Clark County, Montana)

Tenmile Creek
Location of the headwaters of Tenmile Creek in Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountyLewis and Clark County
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationEast side of the Continental Divide in southern Lewis and Clark County, Montana
 • coordinates46°25′36.7392″N 112°18′50.3706″W / 46.426872000°N 112.313991833°W / 46.426872000; -112.313991833
 • elevation7,120 ft (2,170 m)
MouthPrickly 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 / 46.673482833; -111.97582583
 • elevation
3,663 ft (1,116 m)
Length26.5 mi (42.6 km)
Basin size200 sq mi (520 km2)

Tenmile Creek is a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) 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.