North Popo Agie River

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North Popo Agie River
North Fork Popo Agie River.jpg
The North Fork Popo Agie River looking east near Lander, Wyoming in April 2020
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The course of the North Popo Agie River
Etymologyword po-PO-shuh, meaning "Head River" [1] or possibly "Gurgling River"
Location
Country United States
State Wyoming
Physical characteristics
SourceLonesome Lake [2]
  location Wind River Range, Fremont County
  elevation10,200 ft (3,100 m)
Mouth  
  location
near Lander, Wyoming
  coordinates
42°51′15″N108°41′59″W / 42.85415°N 108.69975°W / 42.85415; -108.69975
  elevation
5,000 ft (1,500 m)
Length43 mi (69 km) [2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftSurrell Creek [2]
  rightShoshone Lake, Paradise Creek, Mexican Creek [2]

The North Popo Agie River (also known as the North Fork Popo Agie River) is a river in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States, that serves as part of the boundary of the Wind River Indian Reservation. [3] Its headwaters are at Lonesome Lake in the Wind River Range, and it flows eastward until its end near Lander when it joins the Middle Popo Agie River to form the Popo Agie River. [4] [2]

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Fishing

The river is considered a Class 2 fishery by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, meaning it has very good trout waters of statewide importance. [5] Species found here include rainbow trout, brook trout, cutthroat trout and mountain whitefish. [6]

See also


References

  1. Claude E. Jamison; Wyoming. State Geologist (1911). Bulletin. State Geologist. p. 7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Popo Agie Hydrology". Popo Agie Conservation District. Popo Agie Conservation District. Retrieved Oct 18, 2019.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Popo Agie River
  4. "Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River Bacterial Monitoring Projects" (PDF). Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. Popo Agie Conservation District. Retrieved Oct 18, 2019.
  5. Kim Long (1987). The trout almanac : Colorado & Wyoming . Boulder:Johnson Books. pp.  78.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  6. Tim Kelly (1985). Tim Kelly's Fishing Guide . Hart Publications, Inc. pp.  274.

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