Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho)
Camas Creek | |
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Location of the mouth of Camas Creek in Idaho | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Idaho |
Counties | Clark County, Idaho, Jefferson County, Idaho |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near Kilgore, Clark County, Idaho |
• coordinates | 44°21′52″N 111°53′36″W / 44.36444°N 111.89333°W[1] |
• elevation | 6,287 ft (1,916 m)[2] |
Mouth | Mud Lake |
• location | northeast of Mud Lake, Jefferson County, Idaho |
• coordinates | 43°53′24″N 112°21′32″W / 43.89000°N 112.35889°WCoordinates: 43°53′24″N 112°21′32″W / 43.89000°N 112.35889°W[1] |
• elevation | 4,783 ft (1,458 m)[1] |
Length | 63 mi (101 km)[3] |
Basin size | 1,011 sq mi (2,620 km2)[4] |
Camas Creek is a 63-mile (101 km) long[3] stream in southeastern Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of Mud Lake.
Description[]
Beginning at an elevation of 6,287 feet (1,916 m)[2] near Kilgore in northeastern Clark County, it flows southwest into Jefferson County and receives its largest tributary, Beaver Creek. It then passes through the Camas National Wildlife Refuge, and reaches its mouth northeast of the town of Mud Lake,[5] at an elevation of 4,783 feet (1,458 m).[1] Camas Creek has a 1,011-square-mile (2,618 km2) watershed.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Camas Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 21 Jun 1979. Retrieved 12 Feb 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 Feb 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Beaver-Camas – 17040214 8 Digit Hydrologic Unit Profile" (PDF). Natural Resources Conservation Service. Feb 2007. Retrieved 12 Feb 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. . 2010. pp. 58, 67. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.
External links[]
Media related to Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Rivers of Clark County, Idaho
- Rivers of Jefferson County, Idaho
- Rivers of Idaho
- Idaho river stubs