Duck Creek (Brazos River tributary)

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Duck Creek
Duck Creek Kent County Texas 2022.jpg
Location
Country United States
State Texas
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Dickens County
  elevation2,959 feet (902 m)
Mouth Salt Fork Brazos River
  location
Kent County
  coordinates
33°14′28″N100°41′34″W / 33.2411°N 100.6927°W / 33.2411; -100.6927
  elevation
1,886 feet (575 m)
Valley of Duck Creek in Kent County, Texas. Duck Creek Valley Kent County Texas 2020.jpg
Valley of Duck Creek in Kent County, Texas.

Duck Creek is a spring-fed stream that flows through Dickens and Kent counties in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] It is a tributary of the Salt Fork Brazos River, which eventually merges with the Double Mountain Fork to form the Brazos River.

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Geography

Duck Creek rises 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the small town of Dickens on the eastern edge of the Caprock Escarpment in northwest Dickens County [2] and generally flows southeasterly where it merges with Cottonwood Creek at a downstream distance of around 11 miles (18 km). Continuing in a southeasterly direction for another 7 miles (11 km) the stream passes to the east of Spur, Texas, where it merges with Dockum Creek. At a point between Spur and Girard, Duck Creek merges with Camp Creek, then begins flowing west before curving to the south, passing just to the west of Girard. At a point about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) south-southwest of Girard, the stream terminates at its confluence with the Salt Fork Brazos River in Kent County. [3]

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References

  1. "Duck Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  2. Handbook of Texas: Duck Creek (Dickens County)
  3. Gray, G.A. 1919. Gazetteer of Streams of Texas. United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Supply Paper 448, 267 pp.