North Fork Ninnescah River

North Fork Ninnescah River
North Fork Ninnescah River
	North Fork Ninnescah River above Cheney Reservoir
Location
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Stafford County, Kansas
• coordinates	37°50′07″N 98°44′56″W[1]
• elevation	1,942 ft (592 m)
Mouth	Ninnescah River
• location	Sedgwick County, Kansas
• coordinates	37°34′05″N 97°42′19″W[1]
• elevation	1,302 ft (397 m)
Basin size	930 sq mi (2,400 km2)
Discharge
• location	USGS 07144795 at Cheney Dam, KS[2]
• average	119 cu ft/s (3.4 m3/s)
• minimum	0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
• maximum	1,910 cu ft/s (54 m3/s)
Basin features
Watersheds	North Fork Ninnescah-; Ninnescah-Arkansas-; Mississippi

The North Fork Ninnescah River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America. Its entire length lies within the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a tributary of the Ninnescah River.[3]

Geography

The North Fork Ninnescah River originates in south-central Kansas in the Arkansas River Lowlands.[3] Its source lies in extreme south-central Stafford County approximately 11.5 miles (18.5 km) south of St. John, Kansas.[1][4] From there, it flows generally northeast before turning to the southeast near Plevna, Kansas. It then flows across a far eastern portion of the High Plains into Cheney Reservoir in the Wellington Lowlands. From the reservoir's dam, the river continues southeast to its confluence with the South Fork Ninnescah River in southwestern Sedgwick County to form the Ninnescah River.[3]

In 1965, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation completed a dam on the river north of Cheney, Kansas for flood control and municipal water supply, creating Cheney Reservoir.[5]

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