Elk River (Oklahoma)

The Elk River is a 35.2-mile-long (56.6 km)[2] tributary of the Neosho River in southwestern Missouri and northeastern Oklahoma in the United States.[3] Its tributaries also drain a small portion of northwestern Arkansas. Via the Neosho and Arkansas rivers, the Elk is part of the Mississippi River watershed.

Elk River
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of Big Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek near Pineville, Missouri
 • coordinates36°35′18″N 94°22′58″W
 • elevation860 ft (260 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with the Neosho River in Delaware County, Oklahoma
 • coordinates
36°39′56″N 94°46′03″W
 • elevation
741 ft (226 m)
Length35 mi (56 km)
Discharge 
 • locationTiff City
 • average821 cu ft/s (23.2 m3/s)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionElk River → Neosho → Arkansas → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
GNIS ID1092538

Course

The Elk is formed by the confluence of Big Sugar Creek and Little Sugar Creek at Pineville, Missouri, and flows generally westward through McDonald County, Missouri, past the town of Noel, into Delaware County, Oklahoma, where it meets the Neosho River. Most of the river's course in Oklahoma is part of the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees, an impoundment formed by Pensacola Dam on the Neosho.[4][5] The portion of the river between the confluence of Big and Little Sugar Creeks and the dam at Noel, Missouri is a popular route for recreational canoeing, kayaking, rafting, and tubing.

Name

The river was said to have been named after elk in the area. However, it has also been reported that the name was originally Cowskin and was changed to Elk due to the influence of Steve Elkins, a local politician.[6]

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See also
  • List of Missouri rivers
  • List of Oklahoma rivers

References
  1. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ok/nwis/annual/?format=sites_selection_links&search_site_no=07189000&agency_cd=USGS&referred_module=sw
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed May 31, 2011
  3. "Elk River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  4. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 60, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  5. Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 27, ISBN 0-89933-283-8
  6. "McDonald County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.



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