Cobb Creek (Oklahoma)
| Cobb Creek | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Southeast of Clinton, Oklahoma |
| Mouth | |
• location | Southeast of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma |
• coordinates | 35°05′27″N 98°25′39″W / 35.0909°N 98.4275°W |
Cobb Creek, also known as Pond Creek,[1][2] is a watercourse in Washita and Caddo counties in Oklahoma.[3] It originates in Washita County just south of the Custer-Washita county line (E1070 Rd), being south of Weatherford, Oklahoma.[4][5] It flows generally south-southeast, feeding into the 157-acre Crowder Lake,[6] also known as the Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1.[7] It continues below the lake, passing through Colony, Oklahoma, after which it turns more southeasterly and crosses into Caddo County.[8] It joins Fort Cobb Lake from the west.[9][10] Cobb Creek continues south-southeast below that lake,[11] and ends when it becomes a tributary of the Washita River just southeast of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma.[12]
The creek is a perennial stream maintained by discharge from the Rush Springs Aquifer.[13] Flooding frequently happened in the Cobb Creek watershed: from 1923 to 1942 there were 13 major floods and 67 smaller floods.[14] Twelve dams have since been constructed throughout the watershed to control this problem.[14]
Tributaries include:
- Bull Creek [15]
- Spring Creek [16]
- Buck Creek [17]
- Fivemile Creek [18]
- Crooked Creek [19]
- Camp Creek [20]
- Lake Creek (Fort Cobb Lake tributary from the north) [21]
- Willow Creek (Fort Cobb Lake tributary from the northeast) [22]
- Punjo Creek [23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Washita County, Oklahoma, Towns, Communities & More". Oklahoma GenWeb. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Fort Cobb Dam: Technical Record of Design and Construction, p.11". United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, August 1963. 1963. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek (focus on Inception)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Washita County, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Crowder Lake". Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1" (PDF). Oklahoma Conservation Commission and National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Caddo County, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek (focus on joinder with Fort Cobb Lake)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Fort Cobb Lake, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek (focus on exit from Fort Cobb Lake)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Fort Cobb, Oklahoma". Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Overview of Water Resources in and Near Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Treaty Lands in Western Oklahoma, p7" (PDF). US Geological Survey, 2003. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ a b "Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1" (PDF). Oklahoma Conservation Commission & Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Bull Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Spring Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Buck Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Fivemile Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Crooked Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Camp Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Lake Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Willow Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Punjo Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.