Muddy Creek (Colorado) Explained

Muddy Creek^[1]
Source1 Coordinates:	40.43°N -106.6414°W
Mouth Coordinates:	40.0431°N -106.3978°W
Mouth Elevation:	7338feet

Muddy Creek is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,^[2] in north central Colorado in the United States.

It rises in northwestern Grand County, in the Routt National Forest west of Rabbit Ears Pass at the continental divide. It flows south, east, then southwest, and joins the Colorado near Kremmling.

Wolford Mountain Reservoir

The creek was dammed in 1996 to create the Wolford Mountain Reservoir, which forms part of the Wolford Mountain Recreation Area.^[3]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. 172999. Muddy Creek. 2011-01-28.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011
3. Colorado River District. Wolford Mountain Reservoir