Yellow Creek (Pecatonica River tributary)
General data
- Name: Yellow Creek (Pecatonica River tributary)
- Water system: Mississippi River
- Water type: River
- Progression: Pecatonica River -> Rock River (Mississippi tributary) -> Mississippi River -> Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Continental
- Continents: North America
- Countries: United States of America
Yellow Creek is a tributary of the Pecatonica River in Stephenson County, in the US state of Illinois. The 80 km stream also flows through a small part of Jo Daviess County. During the 1832 Black Hawk War, the Battle of Waddams Grove was fought along Yellow Creek.
