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OKLAHOMA · CHEROKEE COUNTY

Dry Creek

233 people, 1,100 ft above sea level in Cherokee County.

1,100 ftElevation, city center
233People, 2024 estimate
9 sq miLand area
Sunny 57°
Sunny now Dew point 28° · E 10 mph · high 56°
City of Dry Creek River Interstate 2 miles
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The Dry Creek plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Dry Creek

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Sallisaw Municipal Airport (KJSV) · 2:35 PM
Sunny
57° Sunny Feels like 57° · high of 56° near 2 PM
WindE 10 mphno gusts
Humidity33%falling to 34% this afternoon
Pressure30.19 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 28° · Dry40° by Tuesday: more humid
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 60.06 in · 8 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Cherokee County
NWS Tulsa and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 2:47 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:54 AM5:13 PM ↓
10 h 19 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
31
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 28 to 40° More humid: 40° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
56° 37°
0% rain — E 10 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
54° 37°
20% rain — ESE 11 B
MON Nov. 16 Sunny Sunny
60° 35°
20% rain — ESE 5 A
TUE Nov. 17 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
63° 39°
0% rain — ESE 7 B
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
67° 50°
20% rain — SSE 7 B
THU Nov. 19 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
68° 52°
20% rain — ESE 6 C
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
73° 54°
20% rain — SSE 10 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Dry Creek about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the southern Plains three days ago, and over the Ozarks a day ago, about 630 miles back along its path. Most of the nine paths traced from around the city agree. Near the ground the air came from Texas; at 10,000 feet, from the northern Rockies. It feels humid. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Dry Creek stands on

Dry Creek’s center stands about 1,100 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 620 ft to 1,190 ft, a difference of 570 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Doublehead Mountain, about 1,660 ft, 14 miles east.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Bloyd and Hale Formations (limestone, shale, sandstone), from the Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old.

The section below crosses 5 rock units mapped at the surface.

Dry Creek, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
750 ft1,000 ft1,250 ft1,500 ft DRY CREEK1,100 ftPark Hill790 ftKeys930 ftIllinois Riverabout 620 ftLittle Round Mountain1,470 ftSallisaw Creekabout 720 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 21×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Atoka Formation

Shale, sandstone. Age: Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old. About 9 mi of the line.

Keokuk and Reeds Spring Formations and St. Joe Group

Chert, limestone. Age: Carboniferous, 324 to 359 million years old. About 9 mi of the line.

Bloyd and Hale Formations

Limestone, shale, sandstone. Age: Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old. About 5 mi of the line.

Pitkin + Fayetteville + Hindsville + Moorefield Formations

Limestone, shale. Age: Carboniferous, 324 to 359 million years old. About 1 mi of the line.

Atoka, Bloyd and Hale Formations Undifferentiated

Shale, limestone, sandstone. Age: Carboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old. About 0.5 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Dry Creek’s rain goes

A raindrop that lands in Dry Creek reaches the Gulf of America by way of Elk Creek, the Illinois, the Arkansas and the Mississippi: about 1,000 river miles.

THE WAY DOWN, TO SCALE
Dry Creek≈ 1,000 mi · the Gulf of America
FROM THE CENTER OF DRY CREEK ≈ 1,000 mi to the Gulf of America Elk Creek → Illinois → Arkansas → Mississippi

Lakes on the way: Murray Lake, Tenkiller Ferry Lake and Ozark Lake.

600 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Dry Creek; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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ON THE NETWORK

Around Dry Creek on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Muskogee OK · 27 MI 27 miles west Fort Smith AR · 39 MI 39 miles southeast Tulsa OK · 64 MI 64 miles northwest Oklahoma City OK · 150 MI 150 miles west Little Rock AR · 158 MI 158 miles southeast Wichita KS · 192 MI 192 miles northwest
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OKLAHOMA · CHEROKEE

Dry Creek

233 people, 1,100 ft above sea level in Cherokee County.

1,100 ftElevation
233People
9 sq miLand
Sunny 57°
SunnyDew point 28°
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Today in Dry Creek

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly sunny 56° 0%
5p partly cloudy night 52° 0%
8p mostly cloudy night 43° 0%
11p mostly cloudy night 41° 3%
2a mostly cloudy night 40° 4%
5a partly cloudy night 39° 6%
Clear
NEXT RAINNone this week
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Sun20%
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Dry Creek stands on

Dry Creek’s center stands about 1,100 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 620 ft to 1,190 ft, a difference of 570 ft: hilly country. The highest named summit within 15 miles is Doublehead Mountain, about 1,660 ft, 14 miles east.

Dry Creek, northwest to southeast Dry Creek1,100 ftIllinois Riverabout 620 ftSallisaw Creekabout 720 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 40×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center1,100 ft
Within 3 miles620 to 1,190 ft
Lie of the landHilly (570 ft of relief)
High point nearbyDoublehead Mountain, 1,660 ft, 14 mi east
Rock at the surfaceBloyd and Hale Formations
Its ageCarboniferous, 299 to 324 million years old
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Where the rain goes

≈ 1,000 mito the Gulf of AmericaElk Creek → Illinois → Arkansas → Mississippi

A raindrop that lands in Dry Creek reaches the Gulf of America by way of Elk Creek, the Illinois, the Arkansas and the Mississippi: about 1,000 river miles.

Lakes on the way: Murray Lake, Tenkiller Ferry Lake and Ozark Lake.

600 miles of the trip are on the Mississippi.