Kiowa Creek is a 123-mile-long (198 km)[2] tributary that flows northeast into the South Platte River in Morgan County, Colorado near Orchard. The creek's source is in the Black Forest of El Paso County, northeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Kiowa Creek rises in the highlands of the Colorado Piedmont and is subject to occasional flash floods.[3]
| Kiowa Creek[1] | |
|---|---|
.JPG) The creek in Elbert, Colorado | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 39°02′26″N 104°37′03″W / 39.04056°N 104.61750°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the South Platte |
• coordinates | 40°20′11″N 104°05′23″W / 40.33639°N 104.08972°W |
• elevation | 4,383 ft (1,336 m) |
| Basin size | 729 sq mi (1,890 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | South Platte—Platte— Missouri—Mississippi |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Kiowa Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 25, 2011
- ^ H. F. Matthai (1969). "Floods of June 1965 in South Platte River Basin, Colorado" (pdf). pubs.usgs.gov. USGS. Retrieved May 30, 2018.
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