Montezuma Creek is a tributary of the
San Juan River. The stream is approximately long
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
accessed March 21, 2011 and is a seasonal river, becoming dry for several months of the year.
Location
Its headwaters are on the eastern slopes of the
Abajo Mountains
The Abajo Mountains, sometimes referred to as the Blue Mountains, are a small mountain range west of Monticello, Utah, south of Canyonlands National Park and north of Blanding, Utah. The mountain range is located within the Manti–La Sal Natio ...
in southeastern
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
on the south edge of
Monticello
Monticello ( ) was the primary residence and plantation of Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. Jefferson began designing Monticello after inheriting l ...
with the confluence of North Creek and South Creek at and an elevation of approximately 6920 feet.
[''Monticello South, UT,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985] It flows east and south through Montezuma Canyon to the settlement that bears its name ( Montezuma Creek) and flows into the San Juan River at and an elevation of 4400 feet.
See also
*List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by drainage basin, watershed.
Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are liste ...
References
Rivers of Utah
Rivers of San Juan County, Utah
Tributaries of the Colorado River in Utah
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