Download coordinates as: Yellow Creek is a tributary of the Pecatonica River in Stephenson County, in the US state of Illinois.

Yellow Creek is a 50-mile (80 km) tributary within the Pecatonica River watershed and is considered a major stream within that system.

After a number of Native American raids in the area, James W. Stephenson raised a group of volunteers and set out in search of the raiders.

[5] Stephenson caught up with the band of Native Americans on June 18, 1832, in an open area near Yellow Creek, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Kellogg's Grove, Illinois.

[1] Water quality problems in Yellow Creek stem from nutrient run off as a byproduct of agriculture.