- Clear Boggy Creek
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Clear Boggy Creek Clear Boggy River River Country United States of America State Oklahoma Part of Red River (Mississippi watershed) Clear Boggy Creek,[1] also known as the Clear Boggy River, is a 132-mile-long (212 km)[2] creek in southeastern Oklahoma that is a tributary of Muddy Boggy Creek.
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Geography
According to some sources, Clear Boggy Creek joins with Muddy Boggy Creek to form the Boggy River.[3] Federal topographic maps and the Geographic Names Information System show Clear Boggy Creek as a tributary to Muddy Boggy Creek, which retains its name below the confluence.[1]
Its gradient is about 15 feet per mile near its headwaters and 3 feet per mile near Boggy Depot and below.[3]
Water in Clear Boggy Creek is more mineralized than in Muddy Boggy Creek.[3]
History
Boggy Depot was established on Clear Boggy Creek.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clear Boggy Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 3, 2011
- ^ a b c Pigg, Jimmie. A Survey of the Fishes of the Muddy Boggy River in South Central Oklahoma. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/OAS/oas_pdf/v57/p68_82.pdf. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
- ^ Milligan, James. "Atoka County". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AT005.html. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
External links
Categories:- Rivers of Oklahoma
- Geography of Atoka County, Oklahoma
- Tributaries of the Red River (Mississippi River)
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