| Cow Creek Big Cow Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Region | Great Plains |
| City | Hutchinson, KS |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Near Beaver, KS, Great Plains, Kansas, United States |
| • coordinates | 38°38′37″N 098°39′10″W / 38.64361°N 98.65278°W / 38.64361; -98.65278 |
| • elevation | 1,483 ft (452 m) |
| Mouth | Arkansas River |
| • location | Hutchinson, Kansas, United States |
| • coordinates | 37°58′47″N 097°50′24″W / 37.97972°N 97.84000°W / 37.97972; -97.84000 |
| • elevation | 452 ft (138 m) |
| Length | 112 mi (180 km), East |
| Basin size | 859.5 sq mi (2,226 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Hutchinson |
| • average | 1,230 cu ft/s (35 m/s) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Arkansas River watershed |
Cow Creek is a 112-mile-long (180 km) stream that flows through Rice and Reno Counties, Kansas. Cow Creek is a tributary of the Arkansas River; its confluence with the Arkansas is about ten miles southeast of Hutchinson, Kansas.
In the 1850s, Buffalo Bill Mathewson ran a trading post (known as "Buffalo Bill's Well") where the Santa Fe Trail crossed Cow Creek. From Lyons, Kansas, the well is located four miles west and one mile south.
See also
External links and references
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 29, 2011
- ^ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 07143310 COW C NR HUTCHINSON, KS".
- ^ "Cow Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1978-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
- "Cow Creek Station". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-04-13.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cow Creek
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- Historical marker cow creek station
- "Santa Fe Trail Research". View From USGS Aerial Photographs.
- Louise Barry, The Ranch at Cow Creek Crossing (Beach Valley, P. O.)
- Donald O. Whittemore, TMDL Salt Assessment and Analysis: Chloride Impairment in the Gar-Peace and Cow Subbasins of the Lower Arkansas River Basin. Cow Creek Subbasin
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