Seneca Creek (New Mexico/Oklahoma)

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Seneca Creek
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Country United States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSouth-southeast of Des Moines, New Mexico
Mouth  
  location
Northwest of Felt, Oklahoma
  coordinates
36°35′52″N102°52′02″W / 36.5978°N 102.8671°W / 36.5978; -102.8671 Coordinates: 36°35′52″N102°52′02″W / 36.5978°N 102.8671°W / 36.5978; -102.8671

Seneca Creek, also known as Cienequilla Creek, [1] is a watercourse in New Mexico and Oklahoma. [2] Running south of, and roughly parallel to, Corrumpa Creek, it originates south-southeast of Des Moines, New Mexico and east-northeast of Grenville, and travels generally east, eventually crossing into Oklahoma. [2] Where it finally joins Corrumpa Creek about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Felt, Oklahoma, the combined stream becomes the Beaver River. [1] [3]

Seneca Creek is impounded at Clayton Lake, part of New Mexico’s Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways, [4] about 13 miles northwest of Clayton, New Mexico. [5] The lake, with 170 surface acres at capacity, was established in 1955 specifically as a recreational site by the State Game and Fish Commission. [6] In the May to September timeframe it offers boating and fishing for rainbow trout, walleye pike, crappie, bluegills, bullheads, large-mouth bass, and channel catfish, while the rest of the year the lake is a refuge for waterfowl. [6] The associated park features camping, hiking trails, and other amenities, as well as having one of the most extensive dinosaur trackways in North America. [7] [8]

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