Granite Creek (Arizona)
Granite Creek is a 38-mile (61 km) tributary of the Verde River in the U.S. state of Arizona. It flows generally north-northeast from the Bradshaw Mountains of west-central Arizona through the city of Prescott and the Granite Dells to meet the river at the north end of the Little Chino Valley east of Sullivan Lake.
| Granite Creek | |
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Granite Creek in July | |
Location of the mouth of Granite Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Yavapai |
| City | Prescott |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Wolverton Mountain |
| • location | Bradshaw Mountains, Prescott National Forest |
| • coordinates | 34°29′58″N 112°30′34″W |
| • elevation | 6,292 ft (1,918 m) |
| Mouth | Verde River |
• coordinates | 34°51′46″N 112°25′55″W |
• elevation | 4,236 ft (1,291 m) |
| Length | 38 mi (61 km) |
| Basin size | 359 sq mi (930 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Prescott |
| • average | 7 cu ft/s (0.20 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 6,200 cu ft/s (180 m3/s) |
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