North Fork Smoky Hill River
Template:Geobox The North Fork Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Smoky Hill River, it flows from eastern Colorado into western Kansas.[1][2]
Geography
The North Fork Smoky Hill River rises in the High Plains region of the Great Plains.[3] Its source lies in extreme northern Cheyenne County, Colorado 29 miles (47 km) west-northwest of Cheyenne Wells, the county seat. From there, the river flows east then east-northeast into Kansas.[1] In south-central Sherman County, it has been dammed to form a small reservoir, Sherman State Fishing Lake.[4][5] A few miles east of the reservoir, the river turns southeast and continues to its confluence with the Smoky Hill River in central Logan County 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Russell Springs.[2]
The river has a total length of 195 miles (314 km) and drains an area of 759 square miles (1,970 km2).[6]
Hydrology
The river is intermittent with water flowing only during and after rains.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Colorado Travel Map" (PDF). Colorado Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ^ a b "2003-2004 Official Transportation Map" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ^ "Physiographic Provinces of Colorado". Colorado Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ^ "General Highway Map - Sherman County, Kansas". Kansas Department of Transportation. November 2011. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ^ "Sherman State Fishing Lake Fishing Information". Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011
- ^ "Geohydrology of Sherman County". Kansas Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
