Etonia Creek

Etonia Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateFlorida
CountyPutnam County, Clay County
Physical characteristics
SourceBlue Pond
  locationnear Keystone Heights, Florida
  coordinates38°48′39″N 95°32′58″W / 38.8108209°N 95.5494690°W / 38.8108209; -95.5494690
  elevation52 metres (171 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Juncture with Rice Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) west of St. Johns River
  coordinates
29°41′31″N 81°40′50″W / 29.6919126°N 81.6806400°W / 29.6919126; -81.6806400
Basin size230 sq mi (600 km2)

Etonia Creek, also known as Etoniah Creek, is a stream in Putnam and Clay counties in Florida. It is the major tributary of Rice Creek, which is a tributary of the St. Johns River. The upper or western part (150 square miles (390 km2)) of the stream's basin, the Upper Etonia Creek Basin, contains about 100 lakes. Many of those lakes do not have outflowing streams. On leaving its upper basin, Etonia Creek flows eastward, and then southeastward to its juncture with Rice Creek.