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Housing Units (2000): 5128
Land area (2000): 395.448228 sq. miles (1024.206164 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.007683 sq. miles (2.609887 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 396.455911 sq. miles (1026.816051 sq. km)
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.717408 N, 105.610273 W
Headwords:
Clear Creek, CO
Clear Creek County
Clear Creek County, CO
Wikipedia
Clear Creek may refer to:
Clear Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long, in north central Colorado in the United States. The creek flows through Clear Creek Canyon in the Rocky Mountains directly west of Denver, descending through a long gorge to emerge on the Colorado Eastern Plains where it joins the South Platte. Clear Creek is unusual in that it is a stream named "creek" fed by a stream named "river". Fall River empties into Clear Creek along I-70 west of Idaho Springs, Colorado.
Clear Creek (Ínaam in Karuk) is a tributary of the upper Sacramento River in northern California.
Clear Creek is a creek in Utah which joins the Sevier River near the city of Sevier. It flows alongside Interstate 70 just east of where I-70 meets I-15.
It is best known for its Fremont culture Native American archaeological finds and Fremont Indian State Park, which celebrates these finds.
Clear Creek is also the name of what has almost become a ghost town in the same area.
Clear Creek is a stream in Intown Atlanta that feeds into Peachtree Creek, and eventually into the Chattahoochee River. It is the Creek that played to the Union's advantage in their Civil War victory at the Battle of Peachtree Creek. The apparent start is in Orme Park in Virginia Highland near Grady High School, but the source begins before there. The portion of the creek that flows parallel to Glen Arden Way was piped and filled over in the 1930s. From Orme Park, the creek flows behind Ansley Mall, through Ansley Golf Club, through the Armour industrial area, behind Brookwood Hills, finally merging into Peachtree Creek. The creek is known as being polluted and not clear at all.
Clear Creek is a minor tributary of the Upper Mississippi River entirely contained within Allamakee County, Iowa. It enters the Mississippi into Navigation Pool 9 through the city of Lansing, Iowa. Iowa Highway 9 runs through its canyon. It has been restored as fishing stream for brown trout. The stream gives its name to Clear Creek Park in Lansing.
Clear Creek is a tributary of the Hocking River. It starts in western Fairfield County and flows southwest into northern Hocking County. In the upper half of the creek's watershed was glaciated and currently has a large amount of agricultural land use. The lower half is part of the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau and is much more forested. The creek's mouth is found at
Clear Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek.
Clear Creek is a southern Illinois watercourse that rises in Jackson County and Union County, and discharges into the Mississippi River in Alexander County.
'''East Clear Creek ''' is located in the Mogollon Rim area of the state of Arizona. The closest town Winslow is 45 miles away.
Clear Creek is a creek in Snohomish County, Washington. It is a tributary of the Sauk River and enters the river just above the community of Darrington.
Clear Creek (Trinity River) is a river in Texas.
Clear Creek is a small river in Southeast Texas in the United States, which channels much of the run-off in southeast Harris County into Clear Lake and Galveston Bay. Much of the length of the stream forms the boundary between Harris County and Galveston County and all of the boundary with Brazoria County. It originates in the Blue Ridge Oilfield in Fort Bend County.
Clear Creek is a tributary of the San Benito River in California, in the United States. The creek is the site of a BLM natural recreation area that is currently closed due to an asbestos hazard. The Clear Creek area is known for its mineral abundance. The headwaters area of the creek is the only known location of gem quality benitoite, the designated California State Gem.
Clear Creek is a long stream which begins at on the southern slopes of Snow Valley Peak ( Toiyabe National Forest, Carson Range) west of Carson City. It is the only perennial tributary of the Carson River mainstem, and is protected by The Nature Conservancy. Its mouth is at its confluence with the Carson River in the southeast portion of Carson City, Nevada.
Clear Creek is a stream in Bell County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is a tributary of the Cumberland River.
The waters of Clear Creek was said to hold medicinal qualities.
Clear Creek is a creek in Monroe County, Indiana. Flowing in the general south-western and southern direction, it is a tributary of Salt Creek, which in its turn flows into the East Fork of Indiana's White River.
Clear Creek drains about 2/3 of the city of Bloomington (most of the city, except for its northern part, which drains to the north, into Griffy Lake and Beanblossom Creek). Clear Creek flows roughly in the west-south-westerly direction across the campus of Indiana University, passing in front of its major landmark, Indiana Memorial Union. On campus, the creek is known as the Jordan River, named so after David Starr Jordan, the president of Indiana University and later of Stanford.
Clear Creek crosses downtown Bloomington via underground pipes. It emerges to the surface near the southern edge of the downtown, and flows south across the southern half of Bloomington ( Perry Township). After leaving the city limits, the creek flows through Clear Creek Town, and Clear Creek Township, both of which (as well as various objects and institutions in the area) are named after the creek. Despite its name, Clear Creek Town is not in Clear Creek Township, but in the neighboring Perry Township.
Clear Creek flows into Salt Creek near the southern border of Monroe County, south of Harrodsburg and a short distance downstream from the dam of Lake Monroe .
Clear Creek is a stream in Johnson and Iowa counties, Iowa, in the United States. It is a tributary of Iowa River.
The name of Clear Creek originally referred to the clarity of its waters, which have since become muddied with the advent of intensive agriculture in the area.
Clear Creek is a tributary of the Great Miami River in southwestern Ohio. The creek forms in Lebanon, Ohio with the confluence of Emley's Run, Ryley's Run, Roser's Run, and Lower Mad River Run. It then passes through Clearcreek Township and almost entirely across Franklin Township from east to west, and then discharges into the Great Miami River in Franklin, Ohio.
Usage examples of "clear creek".
On the floor of the clear creek he could see small black spots on some of the stones.
He went as far south as California Gulch, but repeatedly came back to the stream which many had explored without results: Clear Creek in Blue Valley.
I received the word this morning, and have been up around Lone Cabin and Burnt Pine and the head of Clear Creek to see if I could start anything.
Ain't she fine an' neat down thar in the valley, beside that clear creek which higher up in the mountains is full of the juiciest an' sweetest trout that man ever stuck a tooth into.
Anyway, they lost his trail when he was ridin' west along a fork of Clear Creek.
By nine that night they were camped in Golden, half a mile from where Route 6 begins its twisting, turning course along Clear Creek and into the stone heart of the Rockies.