Chief Eagle Eye Creek | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Chief Eagle Eye Creek in Idaho |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Idaho |
Subdivision Type4: | Counties |
Subdivision Name4: | Gem County, Idaho, Valley County, Idaho |
Length: | 61miles[1] |
Source1 Location: | southwest of Cascade, Valley County, Idaho |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.4361°N -116.1525°W[2] |
Source1 Elevation: | 7483feet[3] |
Mouth: | Payette River |
Mouth Location: | Black Canyon Reservoir, Gem County, Idaho |
Mouth Coordinates: | 43.9378°N -116.3669°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 2507feet |
Chief Eagle Eye Creek (formerly Squaw Creek) is a 610NaN0 long[1] a river in western Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of the Payette River.
Beginning at an elevation of 7483feet[3] southwest of Cascade in southwestern Valley County, it quickly flows north and then west into Gem County. From there, it flows generally south, passing through the communities of Ola and Sweet, before reaching its mouth at Black Canyon Reservoir,[4] at an elevation of 2507feet.[2]
Due to the derogatory connotation of the word squaw, the United States Board on Geographic Names approved changing the creek's name from Squaw Creek to Chief Eagle Eye Creek on September 8, 2022.[2]