Monument Creek (Fountain Creek tributary)

The confluence of Monument Creek (right) with Fountain Creek (center) in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Monument Creek is an El Paso County, Colorado, stream on the Arkansas River water basin. It flows south from Mount Deception through Pikeview and Monument, and into Colorado Springs, where it meets up with Fountain Creek.[1] It is 27.2 miles (43.8 km) from its northernmost boundary with National Forest Lands to its confluence with Fountain Creek[2] near the intersection of Interstate 25 and U.S. Route 24.[3]

  1. ^ "Monument Creek". US Geographic Names Information System, US Geological Survey, US Department of Labor. October 13, 1978. Retrieved January 11, 2015. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ "Search: Monument Creek". Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental Results. US Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved January 11, 2015.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ John Armstrong and Joe Stevens (2002). "Monument Creek Watershed Landscape Assessment" (PDF). Colorado State University, College of Natural Resources. p. 19. Retrieved January 12, 2015.