{{Short description|River in Kansas and Oklahoma, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox river | name = Chikaskia River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Chikaskia River Kansas.jpg | image_caption = The Chikaskia River near the community of Corbin in Sumner County, Kansas | map = Saltforkarkansasrivermap.png | map_size = | map_caption = Map of the Salt Fork Arkansas watershed showing the Chikaskia River | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Kansas, Oklahoma | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Great Plains | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|159|mi|km|abbr=on}}, Southeast<ref name="NHD"/> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= near Blackwell | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg ={{convert|621.8|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}, USGS water years 1936-2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=USGS Water-Year Summary for Site 07152000|url=https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/wys_rpt?dv_ts_ids=111073&wys_water_yr=2019&site_no=07152000|access-date=2020-07-19|website=waterdata.usgs.gov}}</ref> | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = Southwest Pratt County, Great Plains, Kansas, United States | source1_coordinates= {{coord|37|31|00|N|098|34|43|W|type:river_region:US-KS|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis|id=1091288|name=Chikaskia River|entrydate=1979-12-18|accessdate=2013-08-17}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|925|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth = Salt Fork of the Arkansas River | mouth_location = Near Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|36|37|23|N|097|14|38|W|type:river_region:US-OK|display=inline,title}}<ref name="GNIS"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|282|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="GNIS"/> | progression = | river_system = Salt Fork of the Arkansas River watershed | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''Chikaskia River''' (usually pronounced ''chi-KAS-kee-uh'' but often pronounced ''chi-KAS-kee'' in southern Kansas) is a {{convert|159|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 31, 2011</ref> tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma in the United States.<ref name=Columbia>[http://www.bartleby.com/69/52/C06552.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127183332/http://www.bartleby.com/69/52/C06552.html |date=November 27, 2004 }}</ref> Via the Salt Fork and Arkansas rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
==Course== The Chikaskia River begins as an intermittent stream in southwestern Pratt County, Kansas and initially flows eastwardly into Kingman County, where it turns southeastward for the remainder of its course through Harper and Sumner counties in Kansas and Grant and Kay counties in Oklahoma. In Kay County the river flows past the town of Blackwell and flows into the Salt Fork {{convert|5|mi|0}} southeast of Tonkawa.<ref name=Columbia/><ref>DeLorme (2003). ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}.</ref><ref>DeLorme (2003). ''Oklahoma Atlas & Gazetteer''. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-283-8}}.</ref>
==Variant names== The United States Board on Geographic Names settled on "Chikaskia River" as the river's official name and spelling in 1897. According to the Geographic Names Information System, the river has also been known as "Chicaskia River", "Sha wa cas kah River", and "Sha-wa-cas-kah River."<ref>{{Gnis|1091288}}</ref>
==Fishing==
[[Image:Chikaskia River.jpg|thumb|250px|The Chikaskia River at Blackwell, Oklahoma]] The Chikaskia River and the Salt Fork are known for their large catfish.
==See also== *List of Kansas rivers *List of Oklahoma rivers *USS Chikaskia (AO-54) is named after the river
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{GNIS|1091288|Chikaskia River}}
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Category:Rivers of Kansas Category:Rivers of Oklahoma Category:Rivers of Grant County, Oklahoma Category:Rivers of Harper County, Kansas Category:Rivers of Kay County, Oklahoma Category:Rivers of Kingman County, Kansas Category:Rivers of Pratt County, Kansas Category:Rivers of Sumner County, Kansas