Fountain Creek (Arkansas River tributary)

Fountain Creek
The confluence of Fountain Creek (right) and the Arkansas River near Pueblo, Colorado.
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates38°59′48″N 105°01′44″W / 38.99667°N 105.02889°W / 38.99667; -105.02889
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with Arkansas
 • coordinates
38°15′15″N 104°35′20″W / 38.25417°N 104.58889°W / 38.25417; -104.58889
 • elevation
4,636 ft (1,413 m)
Discharge 
 • locationPueblo, CO
 • average108 cu/ft. per sec.
Basin features
ProgressionArkansasMississippi
Fountain Creek coming from the box culvert under Manitou Ave, near the border between Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs

Fountain Creek is a creek that originates in Woodland Park in Teller County and flows through El Paso County to its confluence with the Arkansas River near Pueblo in Pueblo County, Colorado.[1][2] The 74.5-mile-long (119.9 km) creek,[3] once known as the Fontaine qui Bouille,[4][5] is a tributary of the Arkansas River.[6]: 8 

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PRABM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Fountain Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 31, 2011
  4. ^ A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie
  5. ^ James H. Defouri, Historical Sketch of the Catholic Church in New Mexico (1887) p. 78-79
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference FCW Strategic Plan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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