Clear Boggy Creek

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Clear Boggy Creek,{{gnis|1091409}} also known as the Clear Boggy River, is a {{convert|132|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630110913/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2016-06-30 }}, accessed June 3, 2011 creek in southeastern Oklahoma that is a tributary of Muddy Boggy Creek.

Geography

According to some sources, Clear Boggy Creek joins with Muddy Boggy Creek to form the Boggy River.{{cite journal|last=Pigg |first=Jimmie |title=A Survey of the Fishes of the Muddy Boggy River in South Central Oklahoma |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/OAS/oas_pdf/v57/p68_82.pdf |accessdate=November 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100624234125/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/OAS/oas_pdf/v57/p68_82.pdf |archivedate=June 24, 2010 }} Federal topographic maps and the Geographic Names Information System show Clear Boggy Creek as a tributary to Muddy Boggy Creek, which retains its name below the confluence.

Its gradient is about 15 feet per mile near its headwaters and 3 feet per mile near Boggy Depot and below.

Water in Clear Boggy Creek is more mineralized than in Muddy Boggy Creek.

History

Boggy Depot was established on Clear Boggy Creek.{{Cite encyclopedia|last=Milligan |first=James |title=Atoka County |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |url=http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AT005.html |accessdate=November 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721074120/http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/A/AT005.html |archivedate=July 21, 2010 }}

References

External links

[http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=11140104 Clear Boggy Watershed]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121024013411/http://www.library.okstate.edu/okmaps/ Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory]

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Category:Rivers of Oklahoma

Category:Rivers of Atoka County, Oklahoma

Category:Tributaries of the Red River of the South