Pawnee Creek (Colorado)

Coordinates: 40°33′51″N 103°14′09″W / 40.56417°N 103.23583°W / 40.56417; -103.23583
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Pawnee Creek[1]
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of North Pawnee and South Pawnee
 • coordinates40°41′17″N 103°40′24″W / 40.68806°N 103.67333°W / 40.68806; -103.67333
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with the South Platte
 • coordinates
40°33′51″N 103°14′09″W / 40.56417°N 103.23583°W / 40.56417; -103.23583
 • elevation
3,963 ft (1,208 m)
Basin size724 sq mi (1,880 km2)
Basin features
ProgressionSouth PlattePlatte
MissouriMississippi

Pawnee Creek is a 46.5-mile-long (74.8 km)[2] tributary that joins the South Platte River in Logan County, Colorado south of Sterling. The creek's source is in Weld County at the confluence of North Pawnee Creek and South Pawnee Creek in Pawnee National Grassland.

The creek is named after the Pawnee Tribe.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pawnee Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 25, 2011
  3. ^ Swanton, John Reed (1952). The Indian Tribes of North America. US Government Printing Office. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-8063-1730-4.