North Carrizo Creek forms in

Baca County, Colorado Baca County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 3,506. The county seat is Springfield, Colorado, Springfield. Located at the southeast corner of Colorado, the co ...

at the confluence of East Carrizo Creek and West Carrizo Creek, at a point about 6 miles north of the

Preston Monument The Preston Monument is a stone marker that shows the tri-point (the place where three states meet) of Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico. It is named after Levi S. Preston, who surveyed a portion of the New Mexico–Colorado border. It is an e ...

, the tripoint of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico. North Carrizo Creek then flows generally south-southeast into

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to join the Cimarron River northeast of

Kenton, Oklahoma Kenton is a town in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, United States. Kenton is the westernmost town in Oklahoma. From Kenton, it is approximately south to Amarillo, Texas, northwest to Colorado Springs, Colorado, northwest to Denver, Colorado, south ...

. The creek has also been known as Carrizo Creek, Carrizozo Creek, Carrizzo Creek, and North Carrizozo Creek. (There is a

Carrizozo Creek Carrizozo Creek is a watercourse in the northeast corner of New Mexico, with a small portion extending into the northwestern Oklahoma Panhandle. The creek originates northwest of Clayton Lake State Park and northeast of Grenville, New Mexico abou ...

in the area, but it joins the Cimarron River to the west.)

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{{authority control Rivers of Colorado Rivers of Baca County, Colorado Rivers of Oklahoma Rivers of Cimarron County, Oklahoma

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