West Carrizo Creek

West Carrizo Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationLas Animas County, Colorado
Mouth 
  location
Baca County, Colorado
  coordinates
37°5′28″N 103°1′25″W / 37.09111°N 103.02361°W / 37.09111; -103.02361
  elevation
4,564 feet (1,391 m)
Length60 kilometers (37 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionNorth Carrizo CreekCimarron RiverArkansasMississippi
Tributaries 
  left
  • Colorado Creek
  • Saltillo Creek
  • Tecolate Creek
  • Pintada Creek
  • Cottonwood Creek
  right
  • Tomasa Creek
  • Owl Roost Creek
  • Middle Water Creek

West Carrizo Creek forms in Las Animas County, Colorado west-southwest of Kim, Colorado and flows generally east. It connects with East Carrizo Creek, which forms in Colorado north of Mt. Carrizo and east of Kim, and which flows generally southeast before turning south, to form North Carrizo Creek at a point about six miles north of the Preston Monument, the tripoint of Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico.