Cripple Creek (Colorado)

Cripple Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado.^[2]

Cripple Creek[1]
The creek flowing south from Cripple Creek
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Confluence with Fourmile Creek
• coordinates	38.6664°N 105.2286°W / 38.6664; -105.2286
• elevation	6,845 ft (2,086 m)
Basin features
Progression	Fourmile Creek—Arkansas—Mississippi

Cripple Creek was named for the fact livestock frequently became injured crossing the stream.^[3]

It passes through the city limits of Cripple Creek, Colorado, although portions of the original creekbed are no longer visible due to construction of casinos and parking lots.

It receives the outflow of the Roosevelt Tunnel, a drainage tunnel that lowered the water table by 1,500 feet throughout the Cripple Creek gold mining district.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado

References

1. "Cripple Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cripple Creek (Colorado)
3. Dawson, John Frank (1954). Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 16.
4. Howard, Malcolm (6 Nov 2003). "They got the Gold Mine ..." The Colorado Springs Independent. Retrieved 28 May 2017.