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Alder_Creek_(Saguache_County,_Colorado) Latitude and Longitude:

38°22′18″N 106°01′55″W / 38.37167°N 106.03194°W / 38.37167; -106.03194
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Alder Creek
Tributary to San Luis Creek
Map of Alder Creek mouth location
Map of Alder Creek mouth location
Location of Alder Creek mouth
Map of Alder Creek mouth location
Map of Alder Creek mouth location
Alder Creek (Saguache County, Colorado) (the United States)
Location
Country United States
State Colorado
County Saguache
Physical characteristics
SourceBear Creek divide
 • locationabout 0.5 miles east of Round Mountain
 • coordinates 38°20′03″N 106°06′03″W / 38.33417°N 106.10083°W / 38.33417; -106.10083 [1]
 • elevation11,080 ft (3,380 m) [2]
Mouth San Luis Creek
 • location
about 0.5 miles east of Alder, Colorado
 • coordinates
38°22′18″N 106°01′55″W / 38.37167°N 106.03194°W / 38.37167; -106.03194 [1]
 • elevation
8,448 ft (2,575 m) [3]
Length5.06 mi (8.14 km) [4]
Basin size5.00 square miles (12.9 km2) [5]
Discharge 
 • location San Luis Creek
 • average0.80 cu ft/s (0.023 m3/s) at mouth with San Luis Creek [5]
Basin features
Progression San Luis Creek
River system San Luis Creek
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesUS 285, County Road UU5

Alder Creek is a stream entirely within Saguache County, Colorado. [6]

Alder Creek was named for the alder trees lining its course. [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Alder Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Alder Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alder Creek (Saguache County, Colorado)
  7. ^ Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 5.