Chico Creek

This article is about the creek in Colorado. For the creek in Northern California, see Big Chico Creek.

Chico Creek[1]
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	38°45′50″N 104°33′14″W
Mouth
• location	Confluence with Arkansas
• coordinates	38°14′33″N 104°21′57″W
• elevation	4,505 ft (1,373 m)
Basin size	747 sq mi (1,930 km^2)
Basin features
Progression	Arkansas—Mississippi

Chico Creek is a 53.9-mile-long (86.7 km)[2] tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source in El Paso County, Colorado. It joins the Arkansas in Pueblo County just west of the town of Avondale.

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado

References

1. "Chico Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
2. 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