Ash Creek, Utah

Ash Creek
Ash Creek at Pintura, with a view of the Hurricane Cliffs
Data
Water code	US :  1438278
location	Washington County , Utah , USA
River system	Colorado River
Drain over	La Verkin Creek  → Virgin River  → Colorado River  → Gulf of California
origin	The confluence of North Ash Creek and the river in Sawyer Canyon 37 ° 26 ′ 26 ″  N , 113 ° 16 ′ 10 ″  W
muzzle	together with La Verkin Creek at La Verkin in the Virgin River Coordinates: 37 ° 12 ′ 12 ″  N , 113 ° 17 ′ 18 ″  W 37 ° 12 ′ 12 ″  N , 113 ° 17 ′ 18 ″  W
length	55 km

The Ash Creek is an approximately 55 km long, left-hand tributary of the La Verkin Creek in the southwest of the US state Utah . It belongs to the river system of the Colorado River , rises about 10 km west of Kanaraville on the Hurricane Cliffs and initially flows west. At Kanaraville it makes a bend to the southwest and flows in a wide valley to behind Pintura , where it bends again, namely to the south. It maintains this direction of flow until it joins La Verkin Creek near La Verkin . Not far south, both flow together into the Virgin River , a right-hand tributary of the Colorado River. The erosion base for Ash Creek is therefore the Gulf of California , a tributary of the Pacific Ocean.

In the shallow valley of Ash Creek, Interstate Highway 15 between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City is a major traffic axis of the state of Utah. Another place on Ash Creek is Toquerville .