Huerfano River

Huerfano River is a 113-mile-long (182 km)[3] tributary of the Arkansas River that flows from a source on Blanca Peak in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado. It joins the Arkansas in Pueblo County just south of the town of Boone. One major tributary is the Cucharas River.

Huerfano River[1]
The river just before it goes under U.S. Highway 50 in Pueblo County.
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	37°35′50″N 105°29′40″W
Mouth
• location	Confluence with Arkansas
• coordinates	38°13′43″N 104°14′45″W
• elevation	4,442 ft (1,354 m)
Discharge
• location	Boone, Colorado
• average	31 cu/ft. per sec.[2]
Basin features
Progression	Arkansas—Mississippi

The Huerfano River was named after the nearby Huerfano Butte.[4] Huerfano is derived from a Spanish name meaning "orphan", so named from the butte's remote location.[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado

References

1. "Huerfano River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
2. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/co/nwis/uv/?site_no=07116500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed March 31, 2011
4. Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 27.
5. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 162.