North Popo Agie River
| North Popo Agie River | |
|---|---|
The North Fork Popo Agie River looking east near Lander, Wyoming in April 2020 | |
The course of the North Popo Agie River | |
| Etymology | word po-PO-shuh, meaning "Head River"[1] or possibly "Gurgling River" |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lonesome Lake[2] |
| • location | Wind River Range, Fremont County |
| • elevation | 10,200 ft (3,100 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | near Lander, Wyoming |
• coordinates | 42°51′15″N 108°41′59″W / 42.85415°N 108.69975°W |
• elevation | 5,000 ft (1,500 m) |
| Length | 43 mi (69 km)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Surrell Creek[2] |
| • right | Shoshone Lake, Paradise Creek, Mexican Creek[2] |
The North Popo Agie River (also known as the North Fork Popo Agie River) is a river in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States, that serves as part of the boundary of the Wind River Indian Reservation.[3] Its headwaters are at Lonesome Lake in the Wind River Range, and it flows eastward until its end near Lander when it joins the Middle Popo Agie River to form the Popo Agie River.[4][2]
Fishing
The river is considered a Class 2 fishery by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, meaning it has very good trout waters of statewide importance.[5] Species found here include rainbow trout, brook trout, cutthroat trout and mountain whitefish.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Claude E. Jamison; Wyoming. State Geologist (1911). Bulletin. State Geologist. p. 7.
- ^ a b c d e "Popo Agie Hydrology". Popo Agie Conservation District. Popo Agie Conservation District. Retrieved Oct 18, 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: North Popo Agie River
- ^ "Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River Bacterial Monitoring Projects" (PDF). Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. Popo Agie Conservation District. Retrieved Oct 18, 2019.
- ^ Kim Long (1987). The trout almanac : Colorado & Wyoming. Boulder:Johnson Books. pp. 78.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Tim Kelly (1985). Tim Kelly's Fishing Guide. Hart Publications, Inc. pp. 274.
External links
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