Spring Creek originates in
Eastern Oklahoma
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near the town of
Kansas
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, and flows generally southwest about 34 miles through
Delaware
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,
Cherokee
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, and
Mayes counties before emptying into
Fort Gibson Lake
The Fort Gibson Dam is a gravity dam on the Grand (Neosho) River in Oklahoma, north of the town of Fort Gibson. The dam forms Fort Gibson Lake. The primary purposes of the dam and lake are flood control and hydroelectric power production, altho ...
on the
Grand (Neosho) River.
Throughout its roughly 117,000 acre watershed, the creek is fed by small springs which contribute most of the estimated 15 million gallons of water that flow through it per day.
[ Spring Creek is listed as having high quality water, being one of only five bodies of water in the state having this rating.][
This creek is not to be confused with the Spring Creek in Roger Mills County in ]Western Oklahoma On a simple east/west basis, Western Oklahoma is popularly considered that part of the state west of I-35. I-35 creates a north/south line through the approximate center of the main body of the state (i.e., without regard for the Oklahoma Panhandle ...
, which feeds Spring Creek Lake before becoming a tributary of the Washita River
The Washita River () is a river in the states of Texas and Oklahoma in the United States. The river is long and terminates at its confluence with the Red River, which is now part of Lake Texoma () on the TexasOklahoma border.
Geography
The ...
, nor with the Spring Creek that fills Lake Chickasha
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in Caddo County, Oklahoma
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, near Chickasha
Chickasha is a city in and the county seat of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,036 at the 2010 census. Chickasha is home to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. The city is named for and strongly connected ...
in Central Oklahoma
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, nor with any of the other watercourses in Oklahoma with the Spring Creek name,[The Tulsa World has reported that Oklahoma has at least six watercourses that are called Spring Creek. ] nor with numerous other watercourses named Spring Creek in other states and countries.
References
Rivers of Oklahoma
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