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Quitaque Creek is an intermittent stream about long, originating as a shallow draw on the high plains of the
Quitaque Creek is an intermittent stream about long, originating as a shallow draw on the high plains of the Llano Estacado
The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the North A ...
in Floyd County, Texas
Floyd County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,402. The seat of the county is Floydada. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1890. It is named for Dolphin Ward Floyd, who die ...
, and flowing eastward to join the North Pease River in Motley County, Texas.
Geography
The upland portion of Quitaque Creek is anephemeral
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draw that flows only during heavy rain. Quitaque Creek initially runs southeastward across north-central Floyd County and then drops off the Caprock Caprock or cap rock is a hard, resistant, and impermeable layer of rock that overlies and protects a reservoir of softer organic material, similar to the crust on a pie where the crust (caprock) prevents leakage of the soft filling (softer materia ...
of the Llano Estacado
The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the North A ...
approximately east of South Plains. The stream then continues in a northeasterly direction across the sparsely populated ranch lands of northeastern Floyd County. After entering Motley County, Quitaque Creek merges with Los Lingos Creek and then turns in a southeasterly direction across northwestern Motley County before merging with the North Pease River, north of Matador
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.
Overall, Quitaque Creek descends from its headwaters to its confluence with the North Pease River, passing through flat to moderately steep terrain along its course.
Proper name
Quitaque Creek has been known by various names including: Los Lingos Creek, North Pease River or Quitaque River. In a 1948 decision of the United States Board on Geographical Names, "Quitaque Creek" was recommended as the proper name.United States Board on Geographical Names. 1948. Decisions Lists nos. 4807, 4808, 4809, United States Department of the Interior, Washington DC, p. 7-8. In a letter written in 1967 by J. O. Kilmartin, Executive Secretary of Domestic Geographic Names, to a Miss Faye Farley of Houston, Kilmartin suggests that the name "Quitaque" appears to be related to the Quitaca Indians, one of the tribes that accompanied Juan Domínguez de Mendoza on his expedition from the middleRio Grande
The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo language, Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States a ...
to the interior of Texas in 1683-84.
See also
* Salt Fork Red River * Mulberry Creek * Little Red River (Texas) * Pease River * Double Mountain Fork Brazos River *List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers ...
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* * * {{authority control Rivers of Texas Tributaries of the Red River of the South Bodies of water of Motley County, Texas