Clarks Fork Creek
Stream in South Dakota, USA
45°24′36.98″N 103°36′31.70″W / 45.4102722°N 103.6088056°W / 45.4102722; -103.6088056[1] • location
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Sioux Creek
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
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
References
- ^ 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.
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