Short Pine CreekShort Pine Creek is a long first-order tributary to Long Pine Creek in Rock County, Nebraska. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.CourseShort Pine Creek rises on the divide of the Elkhorn River in the Nebraska Sandhills about southeast of Winfield School and then flows north-northwest to join Long Pine Creek about southeast of School No. 69.WatershedShort Pine Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 4.07% forested.