Rush Creek (Colorado)

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Rush Creek [1]
Physical characteristics
Main source Confluence of North Rush Creek and South Rush Creek
38°48′06″N103°27′02″W / 38.80167°N 103.45056°W / 38.80167; -103.45056
River mouth Confluence with Big Sandy Creek
3,796 ft (1,157 m)
38°22′02″N102°31′39″W / 38.36722°N 102.52750°W / 38.36722; -102.52750 Coordinates: 38°22′02″N102°31′39″W / 38.36722°N 102.52750°W / 38.36722; -102.52750
Basin features
Progression Big Sandy Creek
ArkansasMississippi
Basin size 1,378 sq mi (3,570 km2)

Rush Creek is a 102-mile-long (164 km) [2] tributary of Big Sandy Creek in Colorado. It starts at the confluence of South Rush Creek and North Rush Creek in Lincoln County. The creek flows through Cheyenne County before joining Big Sandy Creek in Kiowa County.

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Big Sandy Creek (Colorado)

Big Sandy Creek is a 211-mile-long (340 km) tributary of the Arkansas River noted for being the location of the Sand Creek Massacre in Kiowa County. Long stretches are dry most of the time on the surface, although water still flows underground. Big Sandy Creek starts near Peyton in El Paso County, Colorado and flows through Elbert, Lincoln, Cheyenne and Kiowa counties before it joins with the Arkansas River in Prowers county east of Lamar.

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Colorado is a state of the Western United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains. It is the 8th most extensive and 21st most populous U.S. state. The estimated population of Colorado was 5,695,564 on July 1, 2018, an increase of 13.25% since the 2010 United States Census.

The Colorado State Highway 96 in Kiowa County crosses the Rush Creek. Rush Creek (Colorado).JPG
The Colorado State Highway 96 in Kiowa County crosses the Rush Creek.

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References

  1. "Rush Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 31, 2011