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313: 119: 22: 169:. Further downstream it passes Fort Craig spring, site of Maryville's founding settlement. It then hooks around the downtown area and contributes, along with Brown Creek, to the impounded Greenbelt lake on the north side of town. From the Greenbelt it flows north into 184:. The stream suffers from a large amount of runoff from the cities of Maryville and Alcoa. Both cities have spent considerable funds, time and effort seeking to clean up and beautify the Pistol Creek watershed. 145:
Pistol Creek arises from several springs in the Carpenter's Campground section of Blount County, flowing first northeast, then northwest to Pearson Springs within the city of
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pistol Creek
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begins to parallel Pistol Creek, which then flows east through
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Pistol Creek has been designated an "impaired" stream by the
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List of rivers of Tennessee
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pistol Creek
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