| 词条 | Coldwater Creek (Oklahoma) |
| 释义 |
| name = Coldwater Creek | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | source1_location = Cimarron County, Oklahoma | source1_coordinates= {{coord|36.4978|-102.8927|region:US-OK}} | source1_coord_ref =[1] | mouth_location = Beaver River, Oklahoma | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36.65974|-101.12127|region:US-OK|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = {{convert|1903|sqmi|abbr=on}} }} Coldwater Creek is an intermittently-flowing stream in northeastern New Mexico, and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas. One source says that Coldwater Creek is also known as Rabbit Ears Creek, because it rises near Rabbit Ears, a pair of mountain peaks in Union County, New Mexico.[2] According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Coldwater Creek drains an area of {{convert|1903|sqmi|km2}}.[3] As of 2015, Coldwater Creek is essentially a dry stream because of prolonged drought. Stream courseFrom New Mexico, it enters the south-west corner of Cimarron County, Oklahoma in the Oklahoma Panhandle. It passes easterly through Dallam, Sherman, and Hansford counties in the Texas Panhandle. Returning into the Oklahoma Panhandle, the course passes through the Optima National Wildlife Refuge, before joining the Beaver River in Texas County, Oklahoma {{convert|0.2| miles|km}} above Optima Lake Dam.{{efn|Beaver River is the portion of the North Canadian River that flows through the Oklahoma Panhandle. The North Canadian flows into the Canadian River in eastern Oklahoma, then into the Arkansas River.}} Optima LakeOptima Lake was built to be a reservoir about {{convert|4.5|miles|km}} northeast of Hardesty, Oklahoma or {{convert|20|miles|km}} east of Guymon). The lake is now dry most of the time, because of declining water table levels [4] and periodic droughts that have affected the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas.{{efn|The water level behind Optima Dam never reached its "normal pool" level after construction.[5]}} As a result, the lake project (completed in 1978), was largely abandoned in 2010 when picnic tables and other structures were demolished for safety reasons. Public use areas have been left open, but are overgrown by vegetation and without services such as electricity and water. Major improvements have been postponed indefinitely because of budget cuts to the Corps of Engineers.[5]As far back as 1907, the USGS reported that Coldwater Creek is a dry sand bed most of the year.[6] See also
Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^{{cite gnis|1385413|Coldwater Creek}} 2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=7zRMAyhJgdwC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=%22Coldwater+Creek,+Oklahoma&source=bl&ots=GO6-y051l1&sig=YOQybzlH0hZfEeF_ZlF-9tV2Ei8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCDgyahUKEwj3v8_Jm6_HAhWOKYgKHSLxAHo#v=onepage&q=%22Coldwater%20Creek%2C%20Oklahoma&f=false Rathjen, Frederick J. The Texas Panhandle Frontier. 1973. p.3. Available on Google Books.] Accessed August 16, 2015. 3. ^USGS, "Site Map for Oklahoma:USGS 07232900 Coldwater Creek near Guymon, OK", Accessed August 16, 2015 4. ^Logan Layden, “If you Want to Build a New Lake in Oklahoma, Forget History,” March 28, 2013, StateImpact Oklahoma{{cite web|url=https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2013/03/28/the-lessons-of-history-no-longer-apply-when-it-comes-to-building-lakes/ |title=StateImpact Oklahoma website |accessdate=2015-06-01}} 5. ^1 "Optima Lake State Park," AbandonedOK. Accessed August 21, 2015. 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=7XVMAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA48&lpg=RA1-PA48&dq=%22Coldwater+Creek,+Oklahoma&source=bl&ots=Clp7v49pw4&sig=BM3ccTPHdNg6JERsHTKBZLOyoAs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBDg8ahUKEwi-jaKXoa_HAhVDOIgKHV_hDTM#v=onepage&q=%22Coldwater%20Creek%2C%20Oklahoma&f=false Gould, Charles N. "The Geology and Water Resources of the Western Portion of the Panhandle of Texas."p. 48. U.S. Geological Survey, Water Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 191. 1907. Available on Google Books.] Accessed August 16, 2015.
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