Black Creek (Arizona)

Fort Defiance, Arizona, is at a northwest section of Black Creek.

The Chuska Mountains, of Arizona and New Mexico, trend southeasterly, (in the south) and form the east border of Black Creek Valley; an extension south from the Chuskas, the Manuelito Plateau, forms the east border, from Red Lake south, to just east of Fort Defiance.

Approximately 6-mi[2] south of St. Michaels, the smaller Oak Springs Valley begins.

Black Creek exits the valley southwest, through a 4-mi long canyon to enter a due-south flowing stretch to Houck, Arizona, and its confluence with the Puerco River.

[4] At Window Rock, IR-12 traverses due-north at the east bank of Black Creek.

Just south of Hunters Point, Black Creek flows through Oak Springs, Arizona , and Oak Spring Canyon, out at left center. Indian Route 12 is at center foreground and runs through Oak Springs toward Hunters Point at upper right.
Black Creek enters from Oak Spring Canyon, right center, and exits at lower left toward its confluence with the Puerco River at Houck, Arizona . The West Fork Black Creek joins from above and right, with a minor tributary from Pine Springs, Arizona , upper left.