Adobe Creek (Arkansas River tributary)

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Adobe Creek [1]
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The creek viewed from a bridge over it on State Highway 96, with the Colorado Pacific Railroad line (the Towner Line) on the right
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Location of the mouth of Adobe Creek in Colorado
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationsouth of Karval, Colorado
  coordinates 38°43′15.99″N103°32′4.79″W / 38.7211083°N 103.5346639°W / 38.7211083; -103.5346639 [1]
Mouth  
  location
Confluence with the Arkansas
  coordinates
38°4′52.02″N103°17′30.76″W / 38.0811167°N 103.2918778°W / 38.0811167; -103.2918778 [1]
  elevation
3,927 ft (1,197 m)
Basin features
Progression ArkansasMississippi
Tributaries 
  leftEast Fork Adobe Creek
  rightScott Draw
Johns Creek

Adobe Creek is a tributary of the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado, U.S.

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Course

The creek rises in Lincoln County south of Karval and flows in a generally north-to-south direction. From there it receives its tributary Scott Draw. [2] Entering Kiowa County, it receives its tributaries East Fork Adobe Creek [3] and Johns Creek. [4] Throughout its course, it also receives a few unnamed tributaries, chiefly intermittent streams. After the creek passes by Arlington and under State Highway 96, it passes by the Adobe Creek Inlet Canal. [5] This canal draws water from the creek to supply the Adobe Creek Reservoir (also called Blue Lake), [6] which is named for the creek. The reservoir is an off-stream storage impoundment used for agricultural irrigation and recreation. The reservoir has an outlet canal, called the Adobe Creek Reservoir Outlet Ditch, [7] used when the reservoir overflows, that connects back to and empties into Adobe Creek. Next, the reservoir is dammed twice at the Las Animas Fish Hatchery, and its water is used to supply the hatchery with water. [8] Next, the creek is impounded by a small dam that creates Dawn Reservoir. [9] Finally, at its mouth, the creek empties into the Arkansas River in Bent County.

Monitoring station

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains a stream gauge along the creek at Highway 194 in Bent County.

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Adobe Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  2. "Scott Draw". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 31, 1981. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  3. "East Fork Adobe Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 31, 1981. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  4. "Johns Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 31, 1981. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  5. "Adobe Creek Inlet". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 31, 1981. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  6. "Adobe Creek Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 31, 1981. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  7. "Adobe Creek Reservoir Outlet Ditch". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 31, 1981. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  8. "Las Animas State Fish Hatchery and Rearing Unit" (PDF). Colorado Parks and Wildlife. n.d. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  9. "Dawn Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 31, 1980. Retrieved March 16, 2024.