Crooked Creek (Oregon)

Coordinates: 42°52′57″N 117°41′52″W / 42.8825°N 117.69778°W / 42.8825; -117.69778

Crooked Creek
Crooked Creek south of Burns Junction
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Malheur
Source	Crooked Creek Springs
- elevation	3,921 ft (1,195 m) [1]
- coordinates	42°40′32″N 117°54′33″W / 42.67556°N 117.90917°W / 42.67556; -117.90917 [2]
Mouth	Owyhee River
- location	4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Rome
- elevation	3,343 ft (1,019 m) [2]
- coordinates	42°52′57″N 117°41′52″W / 42.8825°N 117.69778°W / 42.8825; -117.69778 [2]
Length	51 mi (82 km) [3]
Basin	1,340 sq mi (3,471 km2) [4]
Location of the mouth of Crooked Creek in Oregon

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,^[1] while the mouth is at an elevation of 3,343 feet (1,019 m) near Rome.^[2] Crooked Creek has a 1,340-square-mile (3,500 km²) watershed.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Oregon
• List of longest streams of Oregon

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Crooked Creek". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1119564. Retrieved November 1, 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Vmap0". GIS-Lab. http://gis-lab.info/qa/vmap0-eng.html. Retrieved September 3, 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Oregon Hydrologic Units". United States Geological Survey. 1996. http://or.water.usgs.gov/data_dir/orehuclist.html. Retrieved September 3, 2010.