North Fork Republican River
# North Fork Republican River

The North Fork Republican River is a 55.4-mile-long (89.2 km) tributary of the Republican River. It flows eastward from a source in Yuma County, Colorado to just north of Haigler in Dundy County, Nebraska. There it joins with the Arikaree River to form the Republican River.

The North Fork Republican River drains an area of 5,086 square miles (13,170 $km^2),$ including 4,449 square miles (11,520 $km^2),$ or 87.5%, in eastern Colorado, 575 square miles (1,490 $km^2),$ or 11.3%, in southwestern Nebraska, and 62 square miles (160 $km^2),$ or 1.2%, in northwestern Kansas.

Use of water from the North Fork Republican River is governed by the Republican River Compact, a water agreement among the U.S. states of Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas signed on 1942-12-31.

