Buck Creek is a 17.3-mile-long (27.8 km)[1] tributary of the Cahaba River that was used to supply water power for manufacturing and industry during the 19th century.

The creek is dammed upstream of State Route 261 in the Old Town area to form Lake Davidson which was used for recreation and water wheel power at the turn of the 20th century.

Continuing northwest, Buck Creek reaches the Cahaba River below the CSX Transportation S&NA South Subdivision railroad bridge.

Currently Buck Creek is used as a recreational resource and as the discharge point for municipal water treatment facilities in Helena and Pelham.

[2] A historic marker for the Central Iron Works rolling mill,[3] built on the banks of Buck Creek in 1865 and since destroyed, is at the intersection of Lake Davidson Road and Route 261 in Helena.