Clarks Fork Creek
Tributary to South Fork Grand River
Clarks Fork Creek is located in South Dakota
Clarks Fork Creek
Location of Clarks Fork Creek mouth
Clarks Fork Creek is located in the United States
Clarks Fork Creek
Clarks Fork Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateSouth Dakota
CountiesHarding
Physical characteristics
SourceNorth Fork Moreau River divide
  locationabout 12 miles south-southwest of Buffalo, South Dakota
  coordinates45°24′36.98″N 103°36′31.70″W / 45.4102722°N 103.6088056°W / 45.4102722; -103.6088056[1]
  elevation3,210 ft (980 m)[1]
MouthSouth Fork Grand River
  location
about 10 miles east-northeast of Buffalo, South Dakota
  coordinates
45°36′59.99″N 103°20′36.66″W / 45.6166639°N 103.3435167°W / 45.6166639; -103.3435167[1]
  elevation
2,720 ft (830 m)[1]
Length27.74 mi (44.64 km)[2]
Basin size248.20 square miles (642.8 km2)[3]
Discharge 
  locationSouth Fork Grand River
  average17.04 cu ft/s (0.483 m3/s) at mouth with South Fork Grand River[3]
Basin features
ProgressionSouth Fork Grand RiverGrand RiverMissouri RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemGrand River
Tributaries 
  leftBuffalo Creek
  rightSlim Buttes Creek
Sioux Creek
Bridgesunnamed road (x2), US 85, JB Road, SD 20

Clarks Fork Creek, also called Clarks Fork or Sand Creek, is a stream in Harding County, South Dakota, United States.[4] It is a tributary of Grand River.[5]

Clarks Fork Creek was named after Dorr Clark, a local rancher who established the headquarters of a cattle outfit about one mile northeast of the mouth of the stream.[5]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

  • Clark's Fork
  • Clarks Forks Creek
  • Sand Creek

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  2. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks Fork Creek
  5. 1 2 Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 21.


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