Cobb Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSoutheast of Clinton, Oklahoma
Mouth 
  location
Southeast of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma
  coordinates
35°05′27″N 98°25′39″W / 35.0909°N 98.4275°W / 35.0909; -98.4275

Cobb Creek, also known as Pond Creek,[1][2] is a watercourse in Washita and Caddo counties in Oklahoma.[3] It originates in Washita County just south of the Custer-Washita county line (E1070 Rd), being south of Weatherford, Oklahoma.[4][5] It flows generally south-southeast, feeding into the 157-acre Crowder Lake,[6] also known as the Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1.[7] It continues below the lake, passing through Colony, Oklahoma, after which it turns more southeasterly and crosses into Caddo County.[8] It joins Fort Cobb Lake from the west.[9][10] Cobb Creek continues south-southeast below that lake,[11] and ends when it becomes a tributary of the Washita River just southeast of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma.[12]

The creek is a perennial stream maintained by discharge from the Rush Springs Aquifer.[13] Flooding frequently happened in the Cobb Creek watershed: from 1923 to 1942 there were 13 major floods and 67 smaller floods.[14] Twelve dams have since been constructed throughout the watershed to control this problem.[14]

Tributaries include:

  • Bull Creek [15]
  • Spring Creek [16]
  • Buck Creek [17]
  • Fivemile Creek [18]
  • Crooked Creek [19]
  • Camp Creek [20]
  • Lake Creek (Fort Cobb Lake tributary from the north) [21]
  • Willow Creek (Fort Cobb Lake tributary from the northeast) [22]
  • Punjo Creek [23]

References

  1. "Washita County, Oklahoma, Towns, Communities & More". Oklahoma GenWeb. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  2. "Fort Cobb Dam: Technical Record of Design and Construction, p.11". United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, August 1963. 1963. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  3. "Cobb Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  4. "Cobb Creek (focus on Inception)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  5. "Washita County, OK". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  6. "Crowder Lake". Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  7. "Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1" (PDF). Oklahoma Conservation Commission and National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  8. "Caddo County, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  9. "Cobb Creek (focus on joinder with Fort Cobb Lake)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  10. "Fort Cobb Lake, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  11. "Cobb Creek (focus on exit from Fort Cobb Lake)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  12. "Fort Cobb, Oklahoma". Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  13. "Overview of Water Resources in and Near Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Treaty Lands in Western Oklahoma, p7" (PDF). US Geological Survey, 2003. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1" (PDF). Oklahoma Conservation Commission & Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  15. "Bull Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  16. "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Spring Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  17. "Buck Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  18. "Fivemile Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  19. "Crooked Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  20. "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Camp Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  21. "Lake Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  22. "Willow Creek, Oklahoma". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  23. "Cobb Creek, Oklahoma (joined by Punjo Creek)". Google Maps. Retrieved August 7, 2021.


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