Lee Creek (Arkansas)
Lee Creek Lee's Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
States | Arkansas, Oklahoma |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Washington County, Arkansas |
• coordinates | 35°52′42″N 94°11′51″W / 35.87840°N 94.19750°W |
Mouth | Confluence with the Arkansas River |
• location | Crawford County, Arkansas |
• coordinates | 35°26′59″N 94°22′58″W / 35.44960°N 94.38290°WCoordinates: 35°26′59″N 94°22′58″W / 35.44960°N 94.38290°W[1] |
• elevation | 394 ft (120 m)[1] |
Length | 64.6 mi (104.0 km)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | near Short |
• average | 544 cu ft/s (15.4 m3/s)[3] |
Lee Creek is a 64.6-mile-long (104.0 km)[2] river in Arkansas and Oklahoma which starts near West Fork in Washington County, Arkansas and flows south to the Arkansas River passing through Crawford County, Arkansas and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Lee Creek flows from Arkansas into Oklahoma, then returns to Arkansas before its confluence with the Arkansas River near Van Buren and Fort Smith.
Lee Creek is also known as Lee's Creek, mostly in Oklahoma where it is classified by the State of Oklahoma as a State Scenic River. In Arkansas upstream of the Oklahoma border, Lee Creek is classified by the State of Arkansas as an Extraordinary Resource Waterway.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lee Creek (Arkansas)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ok/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=07249985&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw
External links[]
- Southwest Paddler - Lee Creek, Arkansas
- Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
- "Lee Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
Categories:
- Rivers of Arkansas
- Tributaries of the Arkansas River
- Rivers of Washington County, Arkansas
- Rivers of Crawford County, Arkansas
- Rivers of Oklahoma
- Southern United States river stubs
- Arkansas geography stubs
- Oklahoma geography stubs