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EAST AMARILLO CREEK.
East Amarillo Creek, also known as Hedrio Creek, rises north of
the Amarillo city limits in Potter County (at 35°13' N, 101°50'
W) and runs north-northwest for about fifteen miles to its mouth
on the Canadian River, a half mile from West Amarillo Creek, west
of U.S. Highway 87 and almost directly north of Amarillo (at 35°27'
N, 101°52' W). For most of the stream's length the flat
terrain is surfaced by leveled sand dunes, with some low-rolling
to flat, locally dissected areas surfaced by clay loam and sandy
loam; at the stream's mouth the soil is loose sand. Vegetation
along the creekbed includes scrub brush and grasses. The creek,
once a favorite haunt of Indians and hide hunters, was later part
of the LX Ranchqv range.
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