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West Carrizo Creek forms in
Las Animas County, Colorado Las Animas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,555. The county seat is Trinidad. The county takes its name from the Mexican Spanish name of the Purgatoire River, originally c ...
west-southwest of
Kim, Colorado The Town of Kim is a Statutory Town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 74 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. , the town included a complete school system (grades K-12), a post office, and a general store ...
and flows generally east. It connects with East Carrizo Creek, which forms in Colorado north of Mt. Carrizo and east of Kim, and which flows generally southeast before turning south, to form
North Carrizo Creek North Carrizo Creek forms in Baca County, Colorado at the confluence of East Carrizo Creek and West Carrizo Creek, at a point about 6 miles north of the Preston Monument, the tripoint of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico. North Carrizo Creek the ...
at a point about six 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 el ...
, the tripoint of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico.


See also

* East Carrizo Creek *
South Carrizo Creek South Carrizo Creek forms either just west of the Oklahoma line in New Mexico, or east inside Oklahoma to the northwest of Wheeless, Oklahoma. It is intermittent. It travels generally northeast through Black Mesa State Park where it is impounded ...
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Carrizo Creek (New Mexico/Texas) The Carrizo Creek of New Mexico and Texas is a watercourse. It extends from west of Grenville, New Mexico into Texas, flowing into Rita Blanca Creek just west of Dalhart, Texas. With Rita Blanca Creek being a tributary of the Canadian River, wat ...
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Carrizo Creek (Arizona) Carrizo Creek forms in Arizona north of Cibecue, before flowing generally southeast, being joined by Corduroy Creek around the town of Carrizo, and continuing generally south to join the Salt River. It is not to be confused with the Carrizo C ...


References

Rivers of Colorado Rivers of Las Animas County, Colorado Rivers of Baca County, Colorado {{Colorado-stub