Alidade Creek Explained

Alidade Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Johnson Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Idaho#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Alidade Creek mouth
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of Alidade Creek mouth location
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Idaho
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Elmore
Length:1.76miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Johnson Creek
Discharge1 Avg:1.54cuft/s at mouth with Pinishook Creek[2]
Source1:Little Queens River divide
Source1 Location:about 6 miles west-southwest of Rock Island Lake
Source1 Coordinates:43.8097°N -115.1631°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:11090feet[4]
Mouth:Johnson Creek
Mouth Location:about 1 mile north of Tackobe Mountain
Mouth Coordinates:43.9725°N -115.1658°W
Mouth Elevation:6624feet[5]
Progression:Johnson Creek → North Fork Boise RiverBoise RiverSnake RiverColumbia RiverPacific Ocean
River System:Boise River
Tributaries Left:unnamed tributaries
Tributaries Right:unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies:Alidade Lake
Bridges:none

Alidade Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is a tributary of Johnson Creek.[6]

Alidade Creek was named after the alidade, a surveying instrument.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 21 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Alampa Creek Watershed Report . US EPA Geoviewer . US EPA . 21 June 2021.
  3. Web site: GNIS Detail - Alidade Creek . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 21 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Get Maps . USGS Topoview . US Geological Survey . 21 June 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: Get Maps . USGS Topoview . US Geological Survey . 21 June 2021 . en.
  6. Book: Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Idaho . Idaho State Historical Society . 1922 . 18.