Beaver Creek is a river in the states of Kansas and Nebraska. It begins north-northeast of Goodland, Kansas and flows into Sappa Creek West of Orleans, Nebraska.

Beaver Creek
Location of the mouth within Nebraska Show map of Nebraska Beaver Creek (Sappa Creek tributary) (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
States	Kansas, Nebraska
Counties	Sherman, Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Red Willow, Furnas
Physical characteristics
Source	Middle Beaver Creek
• location	South-southwest of Burlington, Colorado
• coordinates	39°10′26″N 102°20′04″W[1]
2nd source	South Beaver Creek
• location	Southeast of Burlington, Colorado
• coordinates	39°14′21″N 102°04′17″W[2]
Source confluence
• location	North-northeast of Goodland, Kansas
• coordinates	39°26′36″N 101°41′16″W[3]
• elevation	3,501 ft (1,067 m)[1][2]
Mouth	Sappa Creek
• location	West of Orleans, Nebraska
• coordinates	40°07′16″N 99°38′36″W[3]
• elevation	2,018 ft (615 m)[3]
Basin features
Progression	Beaver Creek → Sappa Creek → Republican River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
Tributaries
• left	Little Beaver Creek

History

On June 28, 1989, roughly 9 inches (23 cm) of rain fell in Sherman and Cheyenne counties in Kansas. KDOT had to close a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) section of K-117 by Herndon due to high water from the Beaver River flooding.[4]

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