| South Fork Republican River | |
|---|---|
 The river in Hale, Colorado. | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lincoln County, Colorado |
| • coordinates | 39°12′53″N 103°20′14″W / 39.21472°N 103.33722°W |
| • elevation | 5,384 ft (1,641 m) |
| Mouth | Republican River |
• location | Benkelman, Nebraska |
• coordinates | 40°02′30″N 101°31′17″W / 40.04167°N 101.52139°W[2] |
• elevation | 2,969 ft (905 m) |
| Length | 171 mi (275 km) |
| Basin size | 2,778 sq mi (7,190 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | USGS 06827500 near Benkelman, NE[1] |
| • average | 35.1 cu ft/s (0.99 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 6,220 cu ft/s (176 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Watersheds | South Fork Republican- Republican-Kansas-Missouri- Mississippi |
The South Fork Republican River is a river that arises in Lincoln County, Colorado, United States, and flows east-northeastward for about 171 miles (275 km)[3] through Kit Carson and Yuma Counties, Colorado, and Cheyenne County, Kansas, to a confluence with the Republican River in Dundy County, Nebraska. Bonny Reservoir is located on the South Fork Republican River in Yuma County, Colorado.
The South Fork Republican River drains an area of 2,778 square miles (7,190 km2), including 2,106 square miles (5,450 km2), or 75.8%, in eastern Colorado, 667 square miles (1,730 km2), or 24.0%, in northwestern Kansas, and 6 square miles (16 km2), or 0.2%, in southwestern Nebraska.[4]
Use of water from the South Fork Republican River is governed by the Republican River Compact, a water agreement among the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas Nebraska signed on 12-31-1942
- ^ "Water-Data Report 2013 - 06827500 South Fork Republican River near Benkelman, NE" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "South Fork Republican River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 29, 2011
- ^ Gustafson, Daniel L. (2003-01-24). "Hydrologic Unit Project". Montana State University, Environmental Statistics Group. Retrieved 2008-02-05.