Sand Creek (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

coordinates38°59′58″N 104°39′24″W / 38.99944°N 104.65667°W / 38.99944; -104.65667

location

Confluence with Fountain Creek

coordinates

38°46′53″N 104°46′50″W / 38.78134°N 104.78043°W / 38.78134; -104.78043

elevation

5,784 ft (1,763 m)

Sand Creek[1]
The creek from a bridge on East Las Vegas Street looking east northeast
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	38°59′58″N 104°39′24″W / 38.99944°N 104.65667°W / 38.99944; -104.65667
Mouth
• location	Confluence with Fountain Creek
• coordinates	38°46′53″N 104°46′50″W / 38.78134°N 104.78043°W / 38.78134; -104.78043
• elevation	5,784 ft (1,763 m)
Basin features
Progression	Fountain Creek—Arkansas—Mississippi

Sand Creek is a stream in El Paso County, Colorado, and a tributary of Fountain Creek.

Banning Lewis Number 1 Dam, located approximately one mile south of Shirley,^[2] was built across the East Fork of Sand Creek to create Banning Lewis Reservoir Number 1.^[2]

Sand Creek is not to be confused with Big Sandy Creek, location of the Sand Creek Massacre.