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Contents. Crow Creek (South Platte River tributary) Crow Creek is a 153-mile-long (246 km) [2] creek and minor waterway of southeastern Wyoming and northern Colorado. Crow Creek is formed at the confluence of the South Fork of Crow Creek with the Middle Fork, followed by the addition of the North Fork about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream.
Yellowstone River. The Little Bighorn River [2] is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [4] tributary of the Bighorn River in the United States in the states of Montana and Wyoming. The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was fought on its banks on June 25–26, 1876, as well as the Battle of Crow Agency in 1887.
Parting of the Waters. Parting of the Waters is an unusual hydrologic site at Two Ocean Pass on the Great Divide, within the Teton Wilderness area of Wyoming 's Bridger-Teton National Forest. Two Ocean Pass separates the headwaters of Pacific Creek, which flows west to the Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic Creek, which flows east to the Atlantic Ocean.
Two Ocean Pass is a mountain pass on North America's Continental Divide, in the Teton Wilderness, which is part of Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest.The pass is notable for Parting of the Waters, where one stream, North Two Ocean Creek, splits into two distributaries, Pacific Creek and Atlantic Creek, at Parting of the Waters National Natural Landmark.
The Gallatin River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately 120 mi (193 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming and Montana. It is one of three rivers, along with the Jefferson and Madison, that converge near Three Forks, Montana, to form the Missouri. It originates in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park in northwestern ...
United States Geological Survey (USGS) / 38.9470; -77.3675. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS ), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879, to study the landscape of the United ...
Robert M. Hirsch (born June 6, 1949) is a research hydrologist and a former Associate Director for Water of the U.S. Geological Survey. As Associate Director (also known as Chief Hydrologist), he was responsible for the water science programs of the USGS. These include water-related research, the collection of data on rivers and ground water ...
Crow Creek National Forest was established as the Crow Creek Forest Reserve in Wyoming by the United States General Land Office on October 10, 1900 with 56,320 acres (227.9 km 2 ). After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 it was combined with part of ...