Deer Creek is a stream that flows from rural Canadian County through portions of
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 718,633, making it the most populous county in Oklahoma. The county seat is Oklahoma City, the state capital and largest ci ...
and
Logan County. It joins with
Cottonwood Creek in rural Logan County near the community of
Seward, Oklahoma. Cottonwood Creek continues on to join with the Cimarron River near Guthrie, Oklahoma. Like Cottonwood Creek, portions of Deer Creek are prone to flooding.
The most significant tributary of Deer Creek is Bluff Creek (and upstream to
Lake Hefner, a major water reservoir and recreational lake in
Oklahoma City.
[Donnelly, Clair]
"How curious: Is Lake Hefner in the wrong place?" ''KGOU.org'' (Nov. 12, 2018)
Accessed Oct. 26, 2021.
Deer Creek Public Schools takes its name from the creek.
Most of the creek's path goes through the northern portions of the
Oklahoma City metropolitan area
The Oklahoma City metropolitan area is an urban region in the Southern United States. It is the largest metropolitan area in the state of Oklahoma and contains the state capital and principal city, Oklahoma City. It is often known as the Okla ...
.
References
Rivers of Oklahoma
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