Crooked Creek (Oregon)

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Crooked Creek
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Crooked Creek south of Burns Junction
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Location of the mouth of Crooked Creek in Oregon
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
County Malheur
Physical characteristics
SourceCrooked Creek Springs
 - locationMalheur County
 - coordinates 42°40′32″N117°54′33″W / 42.67556°N 117.90917°W / 42.67556; -117.90917 [1]
 - elevation3,921 ft (1,195 m) [2]
Mouth Owyhee River
 - location4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Rome
 - coordinates 42°52′57″N117°41′52″W / 42.88250°N 117.69778°W / 42.88250; -117.69778 Coordinates: 42°52′57″N117°41′52″W / 42.88250°N 117.69778°W / 42.88250; -117.69778 [1]
 - elevation3,343 ft (1,019 m) [1]
Length51 mi (82 km) [3]
Basin features
Basin size1,340 sq mi (3,500 km2) [4]

Crooked Creek is a 51-mile (82 km) tributary of the Owyhee River in the U.S. state of Oregon. [3] The source of Crooked Creek is at an elevation of 3,921 feet (1,195 m) at Crooked Creek Spring, [2] while the mouth is at an elevation of 3,343 feet (1,019 m) near Rome. [1] Crooked Creek has a 1,340-square-mile (3,500 km2) watershed. [4]

Owyhee River river in the United States of America

The Owyhee River is a tributary of the Snake River located in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the United States. It is 346 miles (557 km) long. The river's drainage basin is 11,049 square miles (28,620 km2) in area, one of the largest subbasins of the Columbia Basin. The mean annual discharge is 995 cubic feet per second (28.2 m3/s), with a maximum of 50,000 cu ft/s (1,400 m3/s) recorded in 1993 and a minimum of 42 cu ft/s (1.2 m3/s) in 1954.

Oregon State of the United States of America

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The parallel 42° north delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. Oregon is one of only three states of the contiguous United States to have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean.

Rome, Oregon Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

Rome, also called Rome Station after its sole business, is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Ontario, OR–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. In the sparsely populated high desert of southeastern Oregon, Rome is immediately west of the Owyhee River on U.S. Route 95, approximately 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Burns Junction. Jordan Creek enters the river slightly downstream of Rome. The elevation of Rome is 3,390 feet (1,033 m) above sea level.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Crooked Creek". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. 1 2 "Vmap0". GIS-Lab. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Oregon Hydrologic Units". United States Geological Survey. 1996. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
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