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This article is about the creek in Colorado. For the creek in Northern California, see Big Chico Creek. River
Chico Creek
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates38°45′50″N 104°33′14″W / 38.76389°N 104.55389°W / 38.76389; -104.55389
Mouth 
 • locationConfluence with Arkansas
 • coordinates38°14′33″N 104°21′57″W / 38.24250°N 104.36583°W / 38.24250; -104.36583
 • elevation4,505 ft (1,373 m)
Basin size747 sq mi (1,930 km)
Basin features
ProgressionArkansas—Mississippi

Chico Creek is a 53.9-mile-long (86.7 km) tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source in El Paso County, Colorado. It joins the Arkansas in Pueblo County just west of the town of Avondale.

See also

References

  1. "Chico Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 31, 2011


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