Chikaskia River

The Chikaskia River (usually pronounced chi-KAS-kee-uh but often pronounced chi-KAS-kee in southern Kansas) is a 159-mile-long (256 km)[2] tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States.[4] Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

Chikaskia River
The Chikaskia River near the community of Corbin in Sumner County, Kansas
Map of the Salt Fork Arkansas watershed showing the Chikaskia River
Location
CountryUnited States
StateKansas, Oklahoma
RegionGreat Plains
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouthwest Pratt County, Great Plains, Kansas, United States
 • coordinates37°31′00″N 098°34′43″W[1]
 • elevation925 ft (282 m)
MouthSalt Fork of the Arkansas River
 • location
Near Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States
 • coordinates
36°37′23″N 097°14′38″W[1]
 • elevation
282 ft (86 m)[1]
Length159 mi (256 km), Southeast[2]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Blackwell
 • average621.8 cu ft/s (17.61 m3/s), USGS water years 1936-2019[3]
Basin features
River systemSalt Fork of the Arkansas River watershed

Course

The Chikaskia River begins as an intermittent stream in southwestern Pratt County, Kansas and initially flows eastwardly into Kingman County, where it turns southeastward for the remainder of its course through Harper and Sumner counties in Kansas and Grant and Kay counties in Oklahoma. In Kay County the river flows past the town of Blackwell and flows into the Salt Fork 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Tonkawa.[4][5][6]

Variant names

The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Chikaskia River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1897. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known as "Chicaskia River", "Sha wa cas kah River", and "Sha-wa-cas-kah River."[7]

Fishing
The Chikaskia River at Blackwell, Oklahoma

The Chikaskia River and the Salt Fork are known for their large catfish.

See also

References
  1. "Chikaskia River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-12-18. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 31, 2011
  3. "USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 07152000". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  4. Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry Archived November 27, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  5. DeLorme (2003). Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
  6. DeLorme (2003). Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-283-8.
  7. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chikaskia River
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