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] • elevation3,210 ft (980 m)[1] MouthSouth Fork Grand River
 • location
about 10 miles east-northeast of Buffalo, South Dakota
 • coordinates
45°36′59.99″N 103°20′36.66″W / 45.6166639°N 103.3435167°W / 45.6166639; -103.3435167[1]
 • elevation
2,720 ft (830 m)[1]Length27.74 mi (44.64 km)[2]Basin size248.20 square miles (642.8 km2)[3]Discharge  • locationSouth Fork Grand River • average17.04 cu ft/s (0.483 m3/s) at mouth with South Fork Grand River[3] Basin featuresProgressionSouth Fork Grand River → Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemGrand RiverTributaries  • leftBuffalo Creek • rightSlim Buttes Creek
Sioux CreekBridgesunnamed road (x2), US 85, JB Road, SD 20

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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks Fork Creek
  5. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 21.


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