Alder Creek (Saguache County, Colorado)

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Alder Creek
Tributary to San Luis Creek
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Location of Alder Creek mouth
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Alder Creek (Saguache County, Colorado) (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Colorado
County Saguache
Physical characteristics
SourceBear Creek divide
 • locationabout 0.5 miles east of Round Mountain
 • coordinates 38°20′03″N106°06′03″W / 38.33417°N 106.10083°W / 38.33417; -106.10083 [1]
 • elevation11,080 ft (3,380 m) [2]
Mouth San Luis Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles east of Alder, Colorado
 • coordinates
 38°22′18″N106°01′55″W / 38.37167°N 106.03194°W / 38.37167; -106.03194 Coordinates: 38°22′18″N106°01′55″W / 38.37167°N 106.03194°W / 38.37167; -106.03194 [1]
 • elevation
8,448 ft (2,575 m) [3]
Length5.06 mi (8.14 km) [4]
Basin size5.00 square miles (12.9 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location San Luis Creek
 • average0.80 cu ft/s (0.023 m3/s) at mouth with San Luis Creek [5]
Basin features
Progression San Luis Creek
River system San Luis Creek
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesUS 285, County Road UU5

Alder Creek is a stream entirely within Saguache County, Colorado. [6]

Alder Creek was named for the alder trees lining its course. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Alder Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Alder Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alder Creek (Saguache County, Colorado)
  7. ↑ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 5.


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