Cow Creek (Kansas)

Cow Creek is a 112-mile-long (180 km)[2] 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.

Cow Creek
Big Cow Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
RegionGreat Plains
CityHutchinson, KS
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNear Beaver, KS, Great Plains, Kansas, United States
  coordinates38°38′37″N 098°39′10″W[1]
  elevation1,483 ft (452 m)
MouthArkansas River
  location
Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
  coordinates
37°58′47″N 097°50′24″W[1]
  elevation
452 ft (138 m)[1]
Length112 mi (180 km), East[2]
Basin size859.5 sq mi (2,226 km2)[3]
Discharge 
  locationHutchinson[3]
  average1,230 cu ft/s (35 m3/s)[3]
Basin features
River systemArkansas River watershed
Map of Rice County from KDOT (map legend)

In the 1850s, Buffalo Bill Mathewson ran a trading post (known as "Buffalo Bill's Well") where the Santa Fe Trail crossed Cow Creek.[4] From Lyons, Kansas, the well is located four miles west and one mile south.

See also

  1. "Cow Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1978-10-13. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed March 29, 2011
  3. http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ks/nwis/uv/?site_no=07143310&agency_cd=USGS
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-04-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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