User:Jmbranum/Deer Creek (stream in Oklahoma)
| Deer Creek | |
|---|---|
 Deer Creek | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oklahoma |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 35°46′14″N 97°33′00″W / 35.770679°N 97.550131°W |
Deer Creek is a stream that flows from rural Canadian County[1] through portions of Oklahoma County and Logan County. It joins with Cottonwood Creek (Cimarron River tributary) in rural Logan County near the community of Seward, Oklahoma. Cottonwood Creek continues on to join with the Cimarron River near Guthrie, Oklahoma.
The most significant tributary of Deer Creek is Bluff Creek (and upstream to Lake Hefner, a major water reservoir and recreational lake in Oklahoma City.[2]
Deer Creek Public Schools takes its name from the creek.[citation needed]
Most of the creek's path goes through the northern portions of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.
References
[edit]- ^ Coordinates: 35.60294038812145, -97.8128480113758
- ^ Donnelly, Claire "How curious: Is Lake Hefner in the wrong place?" KGOU.org (Nov. 12, 2018) Accessed Oct. 26, 2021.