Cow Creek (Kansas) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cow Creek |
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| Other name(s) | Big Cow Creek |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| Region | Great Plains |
| City | Hutchinson, KS |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Near Beaver, KS, Great Plains, Kansas, United States 1,483 ft (452 m) 38°38′37″N 098°39′10″W / 38.64361°N 98.65278°W |
| River mouth | Arkansas River Hutchinson, Kansas, United States 452 ft (138 m) 37°58′47″N 097°50′24″W / 37.97972°N 97.84000°W |
| Length | 112 mi (180 km), East |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Arkansas River watershed |
| Basin size | 859.5 sq mi (2,226 km2) |
Map of Rice County from KDOT (map legend)
Cow Creek is a 112-mile-long (180 km) stream that flows through Rice and Reno Counties, Kansas. Cow Creek is a tributary of the Arkansas River; its confluence with the Arkansas is about ten miles southeast of Hutchinson, Kansas.
In the 1850s, Buffalo Bill Mathewson ran a trading post (known as "Buffalo Bill's Well") where the Santa Fe Trail crossed Cow Creek. From Lyons, Kansas, the well is located four miles west and one mile south.
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