Cow Creek (Kansas)

Cow Creek is a 112-mile-long (180 km)^[2] stream that flows through Rice and Reno Counties, Kansas. Cow Creek is a tributary of the Arkansas River; its confluence with the Arkansas is about ten miles southeast of Hutchinson, Kansas.

Cow Creek Big Cow Creek
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Region	Great Plains
City	Hutchinson, KS
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Near Beaver, KS, Great Plains, Kansas, United States
• coordinates	38°38′37″N 098°39′10″W[1]
• elevation	1,483 ft (452 m)
Mouth	Arkansas River
• location	Hutchinson, Kansas, United States
• coordinates	37°58′47″N 097°50′24″W[1]
• elevation	452 ft (138 m)[1]
Length	112 mi (180 km), East[2]
Basin size	859.5 sq mi (2,226 km2)[3]
Discharge
• location	Hutchinson[3]
• average	1,230 cu ft/s (35 m3/s)[3]
Basin features
River system	Arkansas River watershed

Map of Rice County from KDOT (map legend)

In the 1850s, Buffalo Bill Mathewson ran a trading post (known as "Buffalo Bill's Well") where the Santa Fe Trail crossed Cow Creek.^[4] From Lyons, Kansas, the well is located four miles west and one mile south.

See also

• List of rivers of Kansas