This is a list of rivers in the state of Oklahoma, listed by drainage basin, alphabetically, and by size. In mean flow of water per second, the Arkansas is Oklahoma's largest river, followed by the Red River and the Neosho River.
By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Red River Red River Little River Mountain Fork Glover River Kiamichi River Buck Creek Muddy Boggy Creek Clear Boggy Creek Blue River Island Bayou Washita River Wildhorse Creek Little Washita River Beaver Creek Cache Creek East Cache Creek West Cache Creek Deep Red Creek North Fork Red River Sweetwater Creek Elm Fork Red River Salt Fork Red River Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
Arkansas River
Mississippi River (AR) Arkansas River Poteau River James Fork Fourche Maline Lee Creek Sans Bois Creek Little Sans Bois Creek Sallisaw Creek Canadian River North Canadian River Deep Fork River Lightning Creek Beaver River Palo Duro Creek Coldwater Creek Wolf Creek Little River Illinois River Caney Creek Baron Fork Flint Creek Neosho River (Grand River) Elk River Buffalo Creek Spring Creek Spring River Verdigris River Bird Creek North Bird Creek Middle Bird Creek South Bird Creek Coal Creek Dirty Butter Creek Flat Rock Creek Fry Creek Haikey Creek Hominy Creek Joe Creek Mingo Creek Caney River Cimarron River Kingfisher Creek Winter Camp Creek North Carrizo Creek East Carrizo Creek West Carrizo Creek South Carrizo Creek Skeleton Creek Black Bear Creek Red Rock Creek Salt Fork Arkansas River Chikaskia River Medicine Lodge River
Alphabetically
Arkansas River Baron Fork Beaver River Bird Creek Black Bear Creek Blue River Buck Creek Buffalo Creek Cache Creek Canadian River Caney River Chikaskia River Cimarron River Clear Boggy Creek Deep Fork River Elk River Elm Fork Red River Fourche Maline Glover River Grand River (the lower course of the Neosho River) Illinois River Island Bayou James Fork Kiamichi River Lightning Creek Little River (Canadian River tributary) Little River (Red River tributary) Medicine Lodge River Mountain Fork Muddy Boggy Creek Neosho River North Canadian River North Fork Red River Polecat Creek Poteau River Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Red River Red Rock Creek Sallisaw Creek Salt Fork Arkansas River Salt Fork Red River Sans Bois Creek Spring Creek Spring River Sweetwater Creek Verdigris River Washita River Winter Camp Creek
By size Mean flow in cubic feet of water per second (cfs). One cubic foot equals .0283 cubic meters. River cubic feet per second flow Location of monitoring station Arkansas River 39,260 Near Arkansas state line Red River 12,910 Near Arkansas state line Neosho (Grand) River 8,890 Near Chouteau Canadian River 6,523 Near Whitefield Verdigris River 5,744 Below junction with Bird Creek Little River (Red River tributary) 3,275 Near Arkansas state line Poteau River 2,253 Near Panama Cimarron River 2,236 Near Ripley Spring River 2,209 Near Quapaw Muddy Boggy Creek 2,002 Near Unger South Canadian River 1,783 Near Calvin Caney River 1,701 Near Ramona Kiamichi River 1,615 Near Antlers Salt Fork Arkansas River 1,565 Below Junction with Chikaskia Illinois River 1,551 Near Gore Mountain Fork River 1,430 Near Eagletown Washita River 1,038 Near Tishomingo Bird Creek 1,033 Near Catoosa Deep Fork River 944 Near Beggs North Canadian River 834 Near Wetumka Elk River 821 Near Tiff City, Missouri Chikaskia River 619 Near Blackwell Lee Creek 546 Near Arkansas state line North Fork Red River 531 Near Tipton Clear Boggy Creek 498 Near Caney Glover River 497 Near Glover Cache Creek 391 Near junction with Red River Little River (Canadian River) 360 Near Sasakwa Baron Fork 329 Near Eldon Blue River 320 Near Blue Spavinaw Creek 307 Near Eucha Black Bear Creek 221 Near Pawnee Salt Fork Red River 239 Near Elmer East Cache Creek 223 Near Walters Mud Creek 186 Near Courtney Deep Red Creek 168 Near Randlett Black Fork Creek 156 Near Page Medicine Lodge River 151 Near Kiowa, Kansas Skeleton Creek 146 Near Lovell Fourche Maline Creek 136 Near Red Oak Caney Creek 131 Near Barber, Oklahoma Little Lee Creek 121 Near Nicut, Oklahoma Flint Creek 118 Near Kansas, Oklahoma
Source: "Annual Water Data Report" USGS, 2008. https://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2008/search.jsp; https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ok/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=NONE, accessed Dec 18,. 2010. Navigate to page 3 of reports of individual monitoring stations. Average Water flow statistics will vary slightly from year to year.
See also
List of lakes of Oklahoma List of rivers of the United States
References USGS Geographic Names Information Service USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Oklahoma (1974)
External links Oklahoma Water Resources Board Maps Homepage of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory