Salt Fork Arkansas River | |
Name Other: | Grand Saline River, Kicpahaatihariʾ, Little Arkansas River, Nesuketonga River, Red Fork Arkansas River |
Map: | Saltforkarkansasrivermap.png |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Kansas, Oklahoma |
Subdivision Type5: | Cities |
Subdivision Name5: | Alva, OK, Pond Creek, OK, Lamont, OK, Tonkawa, OK |
Length: | 239miles |
Discharge1 Location: | USGS 07151000 at Tonkawa, OK[1] |
Discharge1 Min: | 0cuft/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 927cuft/s |
Discharge1 Max: | 57800cuft/s |
Source1 Location: | Comanche County, Kansas |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.1778°N -99.3633°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 2042feet |
Mouth: | Arkansas River |
Mouth Location: | Kay County, Oklahoma |
Mouth Coordinates: | 36.5994°N -97.0531°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 896feet |
Tributaries Left: | Medicine Lodge River, Chikaskia River |
Waterbodies: | Great Salt Plains Lake |
Custom Label: | Watersheds |
Custom Data: | Salt Fork Arkansas-Arkansas- Mississippi |
The Salt Fork of the Arkansas River is a 239adj=midNaNadj=mid[2] tributary of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States. Via the Arkansas River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
The Salt Fork rises in Comanche County, Kansas, and flows initially southeastwardly through Barber County, Kansas, and Woods County, Oklahoma, to the town of Alva, where it turns eastwardly for the remainder of its course through Alfalfa, Grant, Kay and Noble counties in Oklahoma, past the towns of Pond Creek, Lamont and Tonkawa. It flows into the Arkansas River in southern Kay County, 7miles south of Ponca City.
In Alfalfa County, a dam on the river impounds Great Salt Plains Lake, which is lined with salt flats and is the site of Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and a state park.
The Salt Fork's largest tributaries are the Medicine Lodge River, which joins it in Alfalfa County, and the Chikaskia River, which joins it in Kay County.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Salt Fork Arkansas River has also been known as:
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