Cobb Creek (Oklahoma)

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Cobb Creek
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 • locationSoutheast of Clinton, Oklahoma
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 • location
Southeast of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma
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 35°05′27″N98°25′39″W / 35.0909°N 98.4275°W / 35.0909; -98.4275 Coordinates: 35°05′27″N98°25′39″W / 35.0909°N 98.4275°W / 35.0909; -98.4275

Cobb Creek, also known as Pond Creek, [1] [2] is a watercourse in Washita and Caddo counties in Oklahoma. [3] It originates in Washita County just south of the Custer-Washita county line (E1070 Rd), being south of Weatherford, Oklahoma. [4] [5] It flows generally south-southeast, feeding into the 157-acre Crowder Lake, [6] also known as the Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1. [7] It continues below the lake, passing through Colony, Oklahoma, after which it turns more southeasterly and crosses into Caddo County. [8] It joins Fort Cobb Lake from the west. [9] [10] Cobb Creek continues south-southeast below that lake, [11] and ends when it becomes a tributary of the Washita River just southeast of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. [12]

The creek is a perennial stream maintained by discharge from the Rush Springs Aquifer. [13] Flooding frequently happened in the Cobb Creek watershed: from 1923 to 1942 there were 13 major floods and 67 smaller floods. [14] Twelve dams have since been constructed throughout the watershed to control this problem. [14]

Tributaries include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Washita County, Oklahoma, Towns, Communities & More". Oklahoma GenWeb. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Fort Cobb Dam: Technical Record of Design and Construction, p.11". United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, August 1963. 1963. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cobb Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cobb Creek (focus on Inception)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Washita County, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Crowder Lake". Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1" (PDF). Oklahoma Conservation Commission and National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Caddo County, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cobb Creek (focus on joinder with Fort Cobb Lake)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Fort Cobb Lake, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Cobb Creek (focus on exit from Fort Cobb Lake)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Fort Cobb, Oklahoma" . Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Overview of Water Resources in and Near Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Treaty Lands in Western Oklahoma, p7" (PDF). US Geological Survey, 2003. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1" (PDF). Oklahoma Conservation Commission & Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Bull Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Spring Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Buck Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Fivemile Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  19. ↑ "Crooked Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Camp Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Lake Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  22. ↑ "Willow Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  23. ↑ "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Punjo Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.


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