Clarks Fork Creek

Clarks Fork Creek
Other name(s) Sand Creek
Etymology named after Dorr Clark, rancher
Physical characteristics
Main source NW of Redig
3,235 m (10,614 ft)
45°24′37″N 103°36′32″W / 45.4102722°N 103.6088054°W / 45.4102722; -103.6088054
River mouth ENE of Buffalo
2,721 m (8,927 ft)
45°37′00″N 103°20′37″W / 45.6166636°N 103.3435160°W / 45.6166636; -103.3435160Coordinates: 45°37′00″N 103°20′37″W / 45.6166636°N 103.3435160°W / 45.6166636; -103.3435160
Basin features
Progression Grand River - Missouri - Mississippi - Gulf of Mexico
River system Grand River

Clarks Fork Creek, also called Clarks Fork or Sand Creek, is a stream in Harding County, South Dakota, United States.[1] It is a tributary of Grand River.[2]

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.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clarks Fork Creek
  2. 1 2 Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.3. University of South Dakota. p. 21.


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