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Sand Creek (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Sand Creek is a stream in El Paso County, Colorado, and a tributary of Fountain Creek.
| Sand Creek[1] | |
|---|---|
The creek from a bridge on East Las Vegas Street looking east northeast | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • coordinates | 38°59′58″N 104°39′24″W / 38.99944°N 104.65667°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with Fountain Creek |
• coordinates | 38°46′53″N 104°46′50″W / 38.78134°N 104.78043°WCoordinates: 38°46′53″N 104°46′50″W / 38.78134°N 104.78043°W |
• elevation | 5,784 ft (1,763 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Fountain Creek—Arkansas—Mississippi |
Banning Lewis Number 1 Dam, located approximately one mile south of Shirley,[2] was built across the East Fork of Sand Creek to create Banning Lewis Reservoir Number 1.[2]
Sand Creek is not to be confused with Big Sandy Creek, location of the Sand Creek Massacre.
See also
References
- ^ "Sand Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 January 2013.