Chevelon Creek

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Chevelon Creek
The river in Chevelon Canyon

The river in Chevelon Canyon

Data
Water code US :  27571
location Arizona (USA)
River system Colorado River
Drain over Little Colorado River  → Colorado River  → Gulf of California
source Confluence of Woods Canyon Creek and Willow Springs Canyon
34 ° 0 ′ 15 ″  N , 109 ° 27 ′ 24 ″  W
Source height 2141  m
muzzle between Winslow and Joseph City in the Little Colorado River Coordinates: 36 ° 11 ′ 28 "  N , 111 ° 48 ′ 14"  W 36 ° 11 ′ 28 "  N , 111 ° 48 ′ 14"  W.
Mouth height 1494  m
Height difference 647 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.8 ‰
length approx. 134 km
Discharge at gauge near Winslow
A Eo : 2,033.14 km² 		NNQ (1935)
MNQ 1906–2006
MQ 1906–2006
Mq 1906–2006
 MHQ 1906–2006
HHQ (1952) 		0 l / s
150 l / s
1.4 m³ / s
0.7 l / (s km²)
 4.1 m³ / s
288.8 m³ / s
Left tributaries West Chevelon Creek
Right tributaries Wildcat Canyon, Rock Creek
Reservoirs flowed through Chevelon Canyon Lake

The Chevelon Creek is about 134 kilometers long left tributary of the Little Colorado River in the US state Arizona . It flows through the Chevelon Canyon in the Mogollon Rim in the Counties Navajo and Coconino .

course

The river is created at 2,141  m by the confluence of Woods Canyon Creek from Woods Canyon Lake from the left and the outflow of Willow Springs Canyon from Willow Springs Lake from the right in Navajo County.

It flows northeast through the Chevelon Canyon in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and absorbs the water of several canyons, especially from the right. At Weimer Point it is dammed to Chevelon Canyon Lake . Further downstream, West Chevelon Creek flows into the river from the left and, shortly afterwards, from the right the outflow of Wildcat Canyon flows into the river. At the Mitchell Windmill , it leaves the state forest and continues to meander northeast. It flows from the right of the Potato Wash and at the McCauley Sinks of the Rock Creek and several canyons. After Bell Cow Canyon from the right, it flows north in several arcs. Shortly before the estuary, after a bridge on Mc Laws Road , there is a small dam in the Chevelon Creek State Wildlife Area .

Finally, the Chevelon Creek flows into the Colorado River at 1494  m at Hibbard from the left and southeast.

history

Chevelon Creek at the McCauley Sinks

The river is named after a fur hunter who died on the river after eating a poisonous root.

Name variants

According to the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System , Chevelon Creek was known by several other names:

  • Big Dry Wash
  • Chevelous fork
  • Chevlon Creek
  • Chevlon Fork (official)
  • East Clear Creek
  • Shevlon

Web links

Commons : Chevelon Creek  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Woods Canyon Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ a b c Chevelon Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ^ National Map Viewer
  4. ↑ Chevelon Creek near Winslow Arizona Water Science Center, United States Geological Survey