Cobb Creek, also known as Pond Creek, is a watercourse in Washita and

Caddo The Caddo people comprise the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Binger, Oklahoma. They speak the Caddo language. The Caddo Confederacy was a network of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, who ...

counties in

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

. It originates in Washita County just south of the

Custer George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point ...

-Washita county line (E1070 Rd), being south of

Weatherford, Oklahoma Weatherford is a city in Custer County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 12,076 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, a gain of about 11.5% over the 10,833 figure from the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. ...

. It flows generally south-southeast, feeding into the 157-acre Crowder Lake, also known as the Cobb Creek Watershed Dam No. 1. It continues below the lake, passing through

Colony, Oklahoma Colony is a town in northeastern Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 136 at the 2010 U.S. census, a decrease of 7.5 percent from 147 in 2000. It was named for the Seger Colony, founded in 1886, which taught modern agricult ...

, after which it turns more southeasterly and crosses into Caddo County. It joins

Fort Cobb Lake Fort Cobb Reservoir (also called Fort Cobb Lake) is a reservoir located in Caddo County in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It impounds the waters of Cobb Creek (joining from the west), Lake Creek (joining from the north), and Willow Creek (joinin ...

from the west. Cobb Creek continues south-southeast below that lake, and ends when it becomes a tributary of the

Washita River The Washita River () is a river in the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma. The river is long and terminates at its confluence with the Red River of the South, Red River, which is now part of Lake Texoma () on the TexasOklahoma border. Geogra ...

just southeast of

Fort Cobb, Oklahoma Fort Cobb is a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 518 at the 2020 census. History Fort Cobb was established as a U.S. Army frontier post in Indian Territory on October 1, 1859, east of the present location of ...

. The creek is a perennial stream maintained by discharge from the Rush Springs Aquifer. Flooding frequently happened in the Cobb Creek watershed: from 1923 to 1942 there were 13 major floods and 67 smaller floods. Twelve dams have since been constructed throughout the watershed to control this problem. Tributaries include: *Bull Creek *Spring Creek *Buck Creek *Fivemile Creek *Crooked Creek *Camp Creek *Lake Creek (Fort Cobb Lake tributary from the north) *Willow Creek (Fort Cobb Lake tributary from the northeast) *Punjo Creek

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