West Carrizo Creek

West Carrizo Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLas Animas County, Colorado[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Baca County, Colorado
 • coordinates
37°5′28″N 103°1′25″W / 37.09111°N 103.02361°W / 37.09111; -103.02361[1]
 • elevation
4,564 feet (1,391 m)[1]
Length60 kilometers (37 mi)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionNorth Carrizo Creek—Cimarron River—Arkansas—Mississippi
Tributaries 
 • left
  • Colorado Creek
  • Saltillo Creek
  • Tecolate Creek
  • Pintada Creek
  • Cottonwood Creek
 • right
  • Tomasa Creek
  • Owl Roost Creek
  • Middle Water Creek

West Carrizo Creek rises on the Mesa de Maya in Las Animas County, Colorado west-southwest of Kim, Colorado at an elevation of about 6,600 ft (2,000 m) and flows generally east for about 40 miles (64 km).[2][3][4] At an elevation of 4,564 ft (1,391 m), it connects with East Carrizo Creek, which forms in Colorado north of Mt. Carrizo and east of Kim, and which flows generally southeast before turning south[5] to form North Carrizo Creek at a point about six miles north of the Preston Monument, the tripoint of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico.[6][3]

West Carrizo Creek flows through grassland and mesas with pinyon-juniper forests found on steep hillsides and cottonwoods along the creek. The climate is semi-arid steppe, Bsk in the Köppen Classification system. Most of the land near the creek is privately owned, although a few tracts of land are part of Comanche National Grassland. There are no towns or settlement along or near the creek. [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "West Carrizo Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ "West Carrizo Creek, Creek in Colorado". Natural Atlas. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "North Carrizo Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "Mesa de Maya, Colorado". Peakbagger. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  5. ^ "East Carrizo Creek, Creek in Colorado". Natural Atlas. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "West Carrizo Creek, Creek in Colorado". Natural Atlas. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Hazlett, Donald. "Vascular Plant Species of the Comanche National Grassland in Southeast Eastern Colorado" (PDF). USDA. pp. 1, 4–9.


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