Rifle_Creek

Rifle Creek

Rifle Creek

Stream in Garfield County, United States of America

Rifle Creek is a stream in Garfield County in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1] Rifle Creek is a tributary to the Colorado River.

Rifle Creek in Centennial Park in Rifle, Colorado

Rifle Creek starts at the confluence of West Rifle Creek and East Rifle Creek and the junction is within the waters of the Rifle Gap Reservoir. The stream flows south and enters the Colorado after passing through the city of Rifle.[2]

The source is at 39°37′34″N 107°45′37″W and the confluence is at 39°31′39″N 107°47′27″W.[1]

Rifle Creek was named from an incident in which a rifle was found along its banks.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rifle Creek
  2. [2]
    Rifle, Colorado, 1952 (1987 rev) and Horse Mountain, Colorado, 1952, (1988 rev) 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS
  3. [3]
    Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 43.



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