North Carrizo Creek

North Carrizo Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBaca County, Colorado
Mouth 
 • location
Cimarron County, Oklahoma
 • coordinates
36°56′06″N 102°56′32″W / 36.93500°N 102.94222°W / 36.93500; -102.94222[1]
 • elevation
4,262 feet (1,299 m)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionCimarron RiverArkansasMississippi

North Carrizo Creek forms in Baca County, Colorado at the confluence of East Carrizo Creek and West Carrizo Creek, at a point about 6 miles north of the Preston Monument, the tripoint of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico.[2][3] North Carrizo Creek then flows generally south-southeast into Oklahoma to join the Cimarron River northeast of Kenton, Oklahoma.[4]

The creek has also been known as Carrizo Creek, Carrizozo Creek, Carrizzo Creek, and North Carrizozo Creek.[1] (There is a Carrizozo Creek in the area, but it joins the Cimarron River to the west.)[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "North Carrizo Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  2. ^ "West Carrizo Creek, Creek in Colorado". Natural Atlas. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "North Carrizo Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "North Carrizo Creek, Creek in OK, CO". Natural Atlas. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "Carrizozo Creek". Natural Atlas. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
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