Cuchillo Negro Creek is a stream in
Sierra County, in the
U.S. state of
New Mexico.
The stream is a tributary of the
Rio Grande
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The stream headwaters are at the confluence of
Poverty Creek
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just east of the community of
Winston, south of
New Mexico State Road 52
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and west of the
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[ The stream flows south to southeast passing Chise and Cuchillo. It continues, passing northeast of the ]Mud Springs Mountains
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and crossing under I-25 to its confluence adjacent to New Mexico State Road 51
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. The confluence lies just northeast of Truth or Consequences and just below the Elephant Butte Dam
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The creek derives its name from Cuchillo Negro ("black knife"), an Apache chief.]
See also
*List of rivers of New Mexico
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References
Rivers of Sierra County, New Mexico
Rivers of New Mexico
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