Piceance Creek

Piceance Creek is a 57.9-mile-long (93.2 km)^[2] tributary of the White River in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties in Colorado, United States.^[1] The name likely derives from the Shoshoni word /piasonittsi/ meaning “tall grass” (/pia-/ ‘big’ and /soni-/ ‘grass’).^[3]

Piceance Creek[1]
Piceance Creek viewed from a bridge on County Road 22, June 2021
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	39°47′27″N 107°52′36″W
Mouth
• location	Confluence with White River
• coordinates	40°05′24″N 108°14′42″W
• elevation	5,702 ft (1,738 m)
Basin features
Progression	White—Green—Colorado

See also

• Rivers portal
• Colorado portal

• List of rivers of Colorado
• List of tributaries of the Colorado River