Lick Creek, another tributary of the Tennessee River, ranges northeast. Rushing Creek rises in the northeast part of the county, ranges northwest, and empties into the Big Sandy River. Seventeen-Mile Creek rises in the southern part of the county, ranges southeast, and empties into Birdsong Creek. Sugar Creek is a small stream which rises in the county and is also a tributary of the Big Sandy River. Sulphur Creek rises in the county ranges northwest, and empties into the Tennessee River.
Sycamore Creek ranges north and is a tributary of Birdsong Creek.
Another tributary of Birdsong is Wolf Creek, which also ranges north. Weston A. Goodspeed Company noted many years ago about the creeks in Benton County. The first settlers in this county, as well as their Indian predecessors, built their habitations along these many creeks. Much of the county's folklore deals with the creeks and springs, which have meant so much to the people of generations. Many people have been saved, and many baptisms were done in these creeks.