Telogia Creek is a waterway in Florida. It is a major tributary of the Ochlockonee River.[1] It is used for canoeing.[2] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) monitors its discharge near Bristol.[3] The stream's water quality is monitored at a site near Greensboro.[4] Road crossings include the Telogia Creek Bridge.

Telogia Creek
Tologic River
Telogia Creek is located in Florida
Telogia Creek
Telogia Creek is located in the United States
Telogia Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountiesGadsden
Liberty
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates30°38′41″N 84°41′06″W / 30.64472°N 84.68500°W / 30.64472; -84.68500
MouthOchlockonee River
 • coordinates
30°16′06″N 84°44′12″W / 30.26833°N 84.73667°W / 30.26833; -84.73667
 • elevation
20 feet (6.1 m)

Botanist Roland McMillan Harper identified several species in the area of the creek during his travels in Florida 1909–1910.[5]

The surrounding area includes horse properties.

There is a community of Telogia, a scouting Telogia Camp, and a Telogia Creek Road. Lampropeltis getula meansi, the Appalachicola Kingsnake, lives in the area. It is non-venomous.

Paddling

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The creek can be accessed from the Bently Bluff ramp. Approximately 14 miles downstream (7 miles as the crow flies) it meets up with the Ochlockonee River. Huey P. Arnold County Park can be used as a takeout spot.[2]

The creek is windy, shuttling is necessary and there can be snags. Shorter warter craft are easier to maneuver along it.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Light, Helen M.; Florida Dept. of Environmental Regulation; U.S. Geological Survey (1993). Hydrology, vegetation, and soils of four north Florida river flood plains with an evaluation of state and federal wetland determinations. U.S. Geological Survey. p. 20. OCLC 29815036.
  2. ^ a b c "Telogia Creek Paddle Information Sheet" (PDF). Florida Paddling Trails Association. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Amazon Web Services.
  3. ^ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 02330100 TELOGIA CREEK NR BRISTOL, FLA". waterdata.usgs.gov.
  4. ^ "TELOGIA CREEK NR GREENSBORO, FLA. (USGS-02330050) site data in the". www.waterqualitydata.us.
  5. ^ Shores, Elizabeth Findley (2010). On Harper's Trail: Roland Mcmillan Harper, Pioneering Botanist of the Southern Coastal Plain. University of Georgia Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-820-33522-3.