Rifle Creek is a stream in Garfield County in the U.S. state of Colorado.[1] Rifle Creek is a tributary of the Colorado River.
Rifle Creek starts at the confluence of West Rifle Creek and East Rifle Creek, and the junction is within the waters of the Rifle Gap Reservoir. The stream flows south and enters the Colorado after passing through the city of Rifle.[2]
The creek's source is at 39°37′34″N 107°45′37″W / 39.6260°N 107.7602°W, and it flows into the Colorado at 39°31′39″N 107°47′24″W / 39.5276°N 107.7899°W.
Rifle Creek was named from an incident in which a rifle was found along its banks.[3]
- ^ "Rifle Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
- ^ Rifle, Colorado, 1952 (1987 rev) and Horse Mountain, Colorado, 1952, (1988 rev) 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS
- ^ Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 43.