Cuchillo Negro Creek is a stream in
Sierra County, in the
U.S. state
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of
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
.
The stream is a tributary of the
Rio Grande.
The stream headwaters are at the confluence of
Poverty Creek with
Schoolhouse Canyon just east of the community of
Winston, south of
New Mexico State Road 52 and west of the
Sierra Cuchillo at .
[ The stream flows south to southeast passing Chise and Cuchillo. It continues, passing northeast of the Mud Springs Mountains and crossing under ]I-25
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to its confluence adjacent to New Mexico State Road 51. The confluence lies just northeast of Truth or Consequences
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and just below the Elephant Butte Dam
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at .[
The creek derives its name from ]Cuchillo Negro
Baishan, Spanish name Cuchillo Negro (Black Knife) (c. 1796 – May 24, 1857), was a Tchihende ( Mimbres) Apache chieftain, of the Warm Springs Apache Band during the 1830s to 1850s.
Apache war-leader and chief
Baishan ("Knife"), son of the ...
("black knife"), an Apache chief.
See also
*List of rivers of New Mexico
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References
Rivers of Sierra County, New Mexico
Rivers of New Mexico
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