Camas Creek (Big Wood River tributary) explained

Camas Creek
Pushpin Map:Idaho#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Camas Creek in Idaho
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Idaho
Subdivision Type4:Counties
Subdivision Name4:Camas County, Idaho, Elmore County, Idaho, Blaine County, Idaho
Length:64miles[1]
Source1 Location:west of Hill City, Elmore County, Idaho
Source1 Coordinates:43.2578°N -115.3492°W[2]
Source1 Elevation:5807feet[3]
Mouth:Big Wood River
Mouth Location:Magic Reservoir, Camas/Blaine counties, Idaho
Mouth Coordinates:43.3267°N -114.4017°W
Mouth Elevation:4800feet
Basin Size:698sqmi[4]

Camas Creek is a 640NaN0 long[1] river in southern Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of the Big Wood River.

Description

Beginning at an elevation of 5807feet[3] west of Hill City in eastern Elmore County, it flows east into Camas County, where it is roughly paralleled by U.S. Route 20. About 10miles east of Fairfield, it forms the Camas-Blaine county line and continues east to its mouth at Magic Reservoir,[5] at an elevation of 4800feet.[2] Camas Creek has a 698sigfig=3NaNsigfig=3 watershed.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Hydrography Dataset. United States Geological Survey. February 12, 2013.
  2. Camas Creek. 378736. June 21, 1979. February 12, 2013.
  3. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. Web site: Camas Creek Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan for Agriculture. Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. August 2007. PDF. February 12, 2013. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120802141152/http%3A//www.deq.idaho.gov/media/452602%2D_water_data_reports_surface_water_tmdls_camas_creek_camas_creek_ag_imp_plan.pdf. August 2, 2012. dead.
  5. Benchmark Maps. Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas. 2nd. 2010. 1:250,000. 73–74. 978-0-929591-06-3. 567571371.