Deer Creek is a stream that flows from rural Canadian County[1] through portions of Oklahoma County and Logan County. It joins with Cottonwood Creek in rural Logan County near the community of Seward, Oklahoma. Cottonwood Creek continues on to join with the Cimarron River near Guthrie, Oklahoma. Like Cottonwood Creek, portions of Deer Creek are prone to flooding.[2][3][4]

Deer Creek
Deer Creek
Location of mouth
Location
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• coordinates	35.770679°N 97.550131°W / 35.770679; -97.550131

The most significant tributary of Deer Creek is Bluff Creek (and upstream to Lake Hefner, a major water reservoir and recreational lake in Oklahoma City.[5]

Deer Creek Public Schools takes its name from the creek.^{[citation needed]}

Most of the creek's path goes through the northern portions of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area.

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