Clarks Fork Creek
Appearance
Clarks Fork Creek Tributary to South Fork Grand River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | South Dakota |
Counties | Harding |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | North Fork Moreau River divide |
• location | about 12 miles south-southwest of Buffalo, South Dakota |
• coordinates | 45°24′36.98″N 103°36′31.70″W / 45.4102722°N 103.6088056°W[1] |
• elevation | 3,210 ft (980 m)[1] |
Mouth | South Fork Grand River |
• location | about 10 miles east-northeast of Buffalo, South Dakota |
• coordinates | 45°36′59.99″N 103°20′36.66″W / 45.6166639°N 103.3435167°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,720 ft (830 m)[1] |
Length | 27.74 mi (44.64 km)[2] |
Basin size | 248.20 square miles (642.8 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | South Fork Grand River |
• average | 17.04 cu ft/s (0.483 m3/s) at mouth with South Fork Grand River[3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | South Fork Grand River → Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Grand River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Buffalo Creek |
• right | Slim Buttes Creek Sioux Creek |
Bridges | unnamed road (x2), US 85, JB Road, SD 20 |
Clarks Fork Creek, also called Clarks Fork or Sand Creek, is a stream in Harding County, South Dakota, United States.[4] It is a tributary of Grand River.[5]
Clarks Fork Creek was named after Dorr Clark, a local rancher who established the headquarters of a cattle outfit about one mile northeast of the mouth of the stream.[5]
Variant names
[edit]According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Clark's Fork
- Clarks Forks Creek
- Sand Creek
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks Fork Creek
- ^ a b Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 21.