| Prairie Dog Creek | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kansas, Nebraska |
| Length: | 246miles |
| Source1 Location: | Thomas County, Kansas |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 39.3125°N -101.3061°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 3384feet |
| Mouth: | Harlan County Reservoir |
| Mouth Location: | Harlan County, Nebraska |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 40.0614°N -99.2536°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1946feet |
| Custom Label: | Watersheds |
| Custom Data: | Prairie Dog-Republican- Kansas-Missouri-Mississippi |
Prairie Dog Creek is a stream in the central Great Plains of North America. A tributary of the Republican River, it flows for 246miles through the American states of Kansas and Nebraska.[1]
Prairie Dog Creek originates in the High Plains of northwest Kansas. Its source lies in west-central Thomas County roughly 5miles southeast of Brewster, Kansas. From there, it flows generally northeast across northwestern Kansas. Southwest of Norton, Kansas, it is dammed to form Keith Sebelius Lake. From the reservoir's dam, the creek continues northeast to Harlan County in south-central Nebraska where it joins the Republican River to feed Harlan County Reservoir.[2]
The Battle of Prairie Dog Creek (August 21, 1867) ended the Army's offensive operations against the Indians on the Kansas frontier for the year.
In 1964, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation completed a dam on the creek southwest of Norton, Kansas for flood control, irrigation, and municipal water supply, creating Keith Sebelius Lake.[3]