Cache Creek (Oklahoma) Explained

Cache Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Oklahoma
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Southwestern United States
Length:5.5miles
Source1:Confluence of East Cache Creek and West Cache Creek
Source1 Location:Temple Cotton County Oklahoma, Southwestern United States, United States
Source1 Coordinates:34.2064°N -98.3064°W
Source1 Elevation:915feet
Mouth Location:Taylor, Oklahoma, Southwestern United States, United States
Mouth Coordinates:34.1333°N -98.2681°W
Mouth Elevation:888feet
Basin Size:796sqmi
Tributaries Left:West Cache Creek, Deep Red Creek
Tributaries Right:East Cache Creek

Cache Creek is a small creek in Cotton County, Oklahoma and a tributary of the Red River. Cache Creek has a distance of 5.5miles from the Red River to the East Cache Creek and West Cache Creek basin. The East Cache Creek and West Cache Creek confluence is located 6miles southwest of Temple, Oklahoma.

Cache Creek has three primary tributaries East Cache Creek, West Cache Creek, and Deep Red Creek.

East Cache Creek

East Cache Creek has a stream source located geographically 6.5miles northwest of Meers, Oklahoma.[1] The creek routes to the Cache Creek basin located southwest of Temple, Oklahoma. East Cache Creek has a distance of approximately 50miles and rises from an elevation of 915to.

Elmer Thomas Lake, Lake Ellsworth, Lake Lawtonka, Little Medicine Creek, Medicine Creek, Snake Creek, and Soldier Creek are tributaries of East Cache Creek.

West Cache Creek

West Cache Creek has a stream source located geographically 6.5miles south of Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma.[2] The creek routes to the Cache Creek basin located southwest of Temple, Oklahoma. West Cache Creek has a distance of approximately 45miles and rises from an elevation of 915to.

Gramma Lake, Comanche Lake, Kiowa Lake, French Lake, Fish Lakes, Lost Lake, Quanah Parker Lake, Crater Lake, Canyon Lake, Crater Creek, Blue Beaver Creek, Lake Rush, Lake Jed Johnson, Ketch Lake, Pecan Creek, and Sandy Creek are tributaries of West Cache Creek.

Deep Red Creek

Deep Red Creek has a stream source located geographically 4.5miles west of the Charon Gardens Wilderness Area near Odetta, Oklahoma. The creek routes to West Cache Creek located 5.5miles to the northeast of Randlett, Oklahoma. Deep Red Creek has a distance of approximately 43miles and rises from an elevation of 957to.

Lake Frederick and Little Deep Red Creek are tributaries of Deep Red Creek.[3] [4]

Discharges

Name Location Discharge Notes
East Cache Creek 223cuft/s[5]
West Cache Creek 182cuft/s[6]
Deep Red Creek 168cuft/s[7]
Cache Creek Mouth 573cuft/s Discharge obtained by combining East & West Cache Creek & Deep Red Creek

Stream Water & Watershed Data

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: East Cache Creek . Oklahoma Water Resources Board ~ Beneficial Use Monitoring Program (BUMP) . Oklahoma State Portal ~ OK.gov . 2012-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025075534/http://www.owrb.ok.gov/quality/monitoring/bump/pdf_bump/Current/Streams/eastcache-walters.pdf . 2012-10-25 . dead .
  2. Web site: West Cache Creek . Oklahoma Water Resources Board ~ Beneficial Use Monitoring Program (BUMP) . Oklahoma State Portal ~ OK.gov . 2012-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025075831/http://www.owrb.ok.gov/quality/monitoring/bump/pdf_bump/Current/Streams/westcache-taylor.pdf . 2012-10-25 . dead .
  3. Web site: Lake Frederick . Oklahoma Water Resources Board ~ Beneficial Use Monitoring Program (BUMP) . Oklahoma State Portal ~ OK.gov . 2012-10-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517031914/http://www.owrb.ok.gov/quality/monitoring/bump/pdf_bump/Current/Lakes/Frederick.pdf . 2014-05-17 . dead .
  4. Web site: Lake Fredrick Map . Oklahoma Water Resources Board ~ Lakes Of Oklahoma . Oklahoma State Portal ~ OK.gov . 2012-10-21.
  5. Web site: USGS Surface Water data for Oklahoma: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics.
  6. Web site: USGS Surface Water data for Oklahoma: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics.
  7. Web site: USGS Surface Water data for Oklahoma: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics.