Cheyenne
Cheyenne is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 43.62°, -103.00°
About Cheyenne
The Cheyenne River (Lakota: Wakpá Wašté; "Good River"), also written Chyone, referring to the Cheyenne people who once lived there, is a tributary of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Wyoming and South Dakota. It is approximately 295 miles (475 km) long and drains an area of 24,240 square miles (62,800 km2). About 60% of the drainage basin is in South Dakota and almost all of the remainder is in Wyoming.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Cheyenne River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Cheyenne in Depth
Course
Formed by the confluence of Antelope Creek and Dry Fork Creek in Wyoming, it rises in northeastern Wyoming in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Converse County. It flows east into South Dakota, passes Edgemont, and skirts the southern end of the Black Hills, passing through Angostura Reservoir.
On the east side of the Black Hills, it flows northeast, past Oral, the Buffalo Gap National Grassland, and along the northwestern boundary of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and Badlands National Park. It is joined by Rapid Creek, passes Wasta and is joined by the Belle Fourche River in eastern Meade County, after which it flows ENE along the southern boundary of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Cheyenne River (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Cheyenne: Key Facts
| Length | 475 km |
|---|---|
| Drainage basin | 62,800 km² |
| Source | Dry Fork Cheyenne River |
| Mouth | Missouri River |
| Drainage system | Cheyenne River drainage basin |
| Tributaries | Belle Fourche River, French Creek, Cherry Creek, Rapid Creek, Fall River, Boxelder Creek, Battle Creek, Hat Creek |
Facts from Wikidata Q2116752 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Cheyenne: Quick Answers
- Where is Cheyenne?
- Cheyenne is located in United States, at 43.6206° N, 102.9960° W.
- Are there dams on the Cheyenne?
- No dam on the Cheyenne is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.