| North Fork Smoky Hill River | |
| Map: | Smokyhillrivermap.png |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Colorado, Kansas |
| Length: | 195miles |
| Source1 Location: | Cheyenne County, Colorado |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 39.035°N -102.8078°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 4811feet |
| Mouth: | Smoky Hill River |
| Mouth Location: | Logan County, Kansas |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.9203°N -101.2808°W[1] |
| Mouth Elevation: | 2940feet |
| Basin Size: | 759sqmi |
| Custom Label: | Watersheds |
| Custom Data: | North Fork Smoky Hill-Smoky Hill-Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
The North Fork Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Smoky Hill River, it flows from eastern Colorado into western Kansas.
The North Fork Smoky Hill River rises in the High Plains region of the Great Plains.[2] Its source lies in extreme northern Cheyenne County, Colorado 29miles west-northwest of Cheyenne Wells, the county seat. From there, the river flows east then east-northeast into Kansas.[3] In south-central Sherman County, it has been dammed to form a small reservoir, Sherman State Fishing Lake.[4] [5] A few miles east of the reservoir, the river turns southeast and continues to its confluence with the Smoky Hill River in central Logan County 5miles west of Russell Springs.[6]
The river has a total length of 195miles and drains an area of 759sqmi.[7]
The river is intermittent with water flowing only during and after rains.[8]
