Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho) explained

Camas Creek
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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:Clark County, Idaho, Jefferson County, Idaho
Length:63miles[1]
Source1 Location:near Kilgore, Clark County, Idaho
Source1 Coordinates:44.3644°N -111.8933°W[2]
Source1 Elevation:6287feet[3]
Mouth:Mud Lake
Mouth Location:northeast of Mud Lake, Jefferson County, Idaho
Mouth Coordinates:43.89°N -112.3589°W
Mouth Elevation:4783feet
Basin Size:1011sqmi[4]

Camas Creek is a 63miles long[1] stream in southeastern Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of Mud Lake.

Description

Beginning at an elevation of 6287feet[3] 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 4783feet.[2] Camas Creek has a 1011sigfig=4NaNsigfig=4 watershed.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Hydrography Dataset. United States Geological Survey. 12 Feb 2013.
  2. Camas Creek. 371862. 21 Jun 1979. 12 Feb 2013.
  3. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. Web site: [ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/ID/technical/watersheds/beaver_camas_revised.pdf Beaver-Camas – 17040214 8 Digit Hydrologic Unit Profile]. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Feb 2007. PDF. 12 Feb 2013.
  5. Benchmark Maps. Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas. 2nd. 2010. 1:250,000. 58, 67. 978-0-929591-06-3. 567571371.