Red Rock Creek rises in the middle of Garfield County in Oklahoma,[1] and proceeds generally east through Garfield and Noble counties on a 45-to-50 mile course taking it just past the Noble-Pawnee county line to drain into the Arkansas River.[1][2][3] Specifically, the creek originates northeast of Breckenridge, Oklahoma and south of Hunter, Oklahoma,[4] and continues east past the northern limit of Red Rock, Oklahoma[5] before emptying into the Arkansas River just northeast of Sooner Lake.[6]
| Red Rock Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Northeast of Breckenridge, Oklahoma |
| Mouth | Arkansas River |
• location | South of Ponca City, Oklahoma |
• coordinates | 36°28′06″N 96°59′15″W / 36.4684°N 96.9876°W |
The creek and its tributaries were historically prone to flooding. The Lower Red Rock Creek Watershed, essentially located in the east half of Noble County to the Arkansas River and consisting of 116,582 acres of drainage area, had 5 major floods and 95 minor floods from 1935-1954.[2] The Upper Red Rock Creek Watershed had 14 major floods and 129 smaller floods in the same period.[7] Numbers of small dams and containment reservoirs have therefore been built; for instance, in the 197,376-acre Upper Red Rock Creek Watershed, 43 dams were constructed by 2006—25 in Garfield and 18 in Noble—with 13 additional dams planned.[7][8] A few examples are:
Lower Red Rock Creek Site 21 Reservoir (Noble Co., 14 acres)[9]
Upper Red Rock Creek Site 13 Reservoir (Noble Co., 10 acres)[10]
Upper Red Rock Creek Site 32 Reservoir (Garfield Co., 20 acres)[11]
Upper Red Rock Creek Site 46 Reservoir (Garfield Co., 30 acres)[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Oklahoma Archeological Survey Highlighted Sites by County, pp. 48-49" (PDF). Oklahoma Archeological Survey Staff. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Ninetieth Congress, 1968". 1968. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Red Rock Creek Topo Map in Pawnee County OK". Topozone. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Red Rock Creek". Google Maps. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Red Rock, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Sooner Lake". Google Maps. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Upper Red Rock Creek Watershed Project" (PDF). Oklahoma Conservation Commission and the National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Upper Red Rock Creek Watershed, Dam No. 42, Oklahoma, October 2009" (PDF). United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Lower Red Rock Creek Site 21 Reservoir". Lake-Link. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "Upper Red Rock Creek Site 13 Reservoir". Lake-Link. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "Upper Red Rock Creek Site 32 Reservoir". Lake-Link. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "Upper Red Rock Creek Site 46 Reservoir". Lake-Link. Retrieved August 2, 2021.