Piceance Creek

Piceance Creek is a 57.9-mile-long (93.2 km)[2] tributary of the White River in Garfield County, Colorado. The name likely derives from the Shoshoni word /piasonittsi/ meaning “tall grass” (/pia-/ ‘big’ and /soni-/ ‘grass’).[3]

Piceance Creek[1]
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	39°47′27″N 107°52′36″W
Mouth
• location	Confluence with White River
• coordinates	40°05′24″N 108°14′42″W
• elevation	5,702 ft (1,738 m)
Basin features
Progression	White—Green—Colorado

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado
• List of tributaries of the Colorado River

References

1. "Piceance Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 18, 2011
3. CASTANEDA, TERRI (November 2006). "Native American Placenames of the United States:Native American Placenames of the United States". The Public Historian. 28 (4): 100–102. doi:10.1525/tph.2006.28.4.100. ISSN 0272-3433.