Cache Creek (Oklahoma)
river in Oklahoma, United States
Cache Creek is a small creek in Cotton County, Oklahoma and a tributary of the Red River. Cache Creek has a distance of 5.5 miles (8.9 km) from the Red River to the East Cache Creek and West Cache Creek basin. The East Cache Creek and West Cache Creek confluence is located 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Temple, Oklahoma.
Cache Creek has three primary tributaries East Cache Creek, West Cache Creek, and Deep Red Creek.
East Cache Creek
East Cache Creek has a stream source located geographically 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northwest of Meers, Oklahoma. The creek routes to the Cache Creek basin located southwest of Temple, Oklahoma. East Cache Creek has a distance of approximately 50 miles (80 km) and rises from an elevation of 915 to 1,725 ft (279 to 526 m).
Elmer Thomas Lake, Lake Ellsworth, Lake Lawtonka, Little Medicine Creek, Medicine Creek, Snake Creek, and Soldier Creek are tributaries of East Cache Creek.
West Cache Creek
West Cache Creek has a stream source located geographically 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Saddle Mountain, Oklahoma. The creek routes to the Cache Creek basin located southwest of Temple, Oklahoma.
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