Muddy Boggy Creek

Muddy Boggy Creek
Muddy Boggy River
Location
CountryUnited States of America
StateOklahoma
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates34°46′56″N 96°37′30″W / 34.78222°N 96.62500°W / 34.78222; -96.62500
 • elevation300 m (980 ft)
Mouth 
 • coordinates
33°56′16″N 95°36′40″W / 33.93778°N 95.61111°W / 33.93778; -95.61111
 • elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Length175 km (109 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationUnger
 • average2,002 cu ft/s (56.7 m3/s)[1]
Basin features
River systemRed River of the South

Muddy Boggy Creek, also known as the Muddy Boggy River,[2] is a 175-mile-long (282 km)[3] river in south central Oklahoma. The stream headwaters arise just east of Ada in Pontotoc County.[2][4] It is a major tributary of the Red River in south central Oklahoma. Clear Boggy Creek is a major tributary which enters the Muddy Boggy at a location known as River Mile 24[a] in Choctaw County. The river is inhabited by over one hundred species of fish.[5]

  1. ^ "USGS Surface Water data for Oklahoma: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muddy Boggy Creek
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 3, 2011
  4. ^ Ada, Oklahoma and Francis, Oklahoma, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1958
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pigg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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