TOM HANDLE CREEK

TOM HANDLE CREEK. Tom Handle Creek rises in western Motley County (at 34°05' N, 101°02' W) one mile east of the Motley-Floyd county line and ten miles south of Flomot. The intermittent stream runs east for twelve miles to its mouth on the Middle Pease River, four miles northwest of Matador (at 34°04' N, 101°53' W). The surrounding moderately steep slopes are surfaced by silt loams that support mesquite and grasses. The creek was named for a cowboy from the Spur Ranch and once ran along the northern boundary of the Matador Ranch in Motley County.