Huerfano River

Huerfano River[1]
The river just before it goes under U.S. Highway 50 in Pueblo County.
Origin	37°35′50″N 105°29′40″W / 37.59722°N 105.49444°W
Mouth	Confluence with Arkansas 38°13′43″N 104°14′45″W / 38.22861°N 104.24583°WCoordinates: 38°13′43″N 104°14′45″W / 38.22861°N 104.24583°W
Progression	Arkansas—Mississippi
Mouth elevation	4,442 ft (1,354 m)

Huerfano River is a 113-mile-long (182 km)^[2] 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.

The Huerfano River was named after the Huerfano Butte. Huerfano is derived from a Spanish name meaning "orphan", so named from the butte's remote location.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Colorado

References

1. "Huerfano River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 31, 2011
3. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 162.