Deep Creek (Great Salt Lake) Explained

Deep Creek
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Pushpin Map:USA Utah#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Deep Creek in Utah
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Utah, Idaho
Subdivision Type4:Counties
Subdivision Name4:Box Elder County, Utah, Oneida County, Idaho
Length:73miles[1]
Source1 Location:north of Holbrook, Oneida County, Idaho
Source1 Coordinates:42.3611°N -112.5947°W
Source1 Elevation:5339feet[2]
Mouth:Great Salt Lake
Mouth Location:southeast of Kelton, Box Elder County, Utah
Mouth Coordinates:41.695°N -113.0072°W
Mouth Elevation:4206feet

Deep Creek is a 73sigfig=2NaNsigfig=2 long[1] in Oneida County, Idaho and Box Elder County, Utah in the United States, that is a tributary of the Great Salt Lake.

Description

Beginning at an elevation of 5339feet[2] north of Holbrook in northern Oneida County, it flows south into Box Elder County, passing through Curlew Valley and the uninicorporated communities of Holbrook and Stone in Idaho and the town of Snowville in Utah. It then flows to its mouth on the northern edge of the Great Salt Lake, southeast of Kelton,[3] [4] at an elevation of 4206feet.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Hydrography Dataset. United States Geological Survey. February 9, 2013.
  2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. Benchmark Maps. Utah Road and Recreation Atlas. 4th. 2011. 1:250,000. 35–36. 978-0-929591-73-5. 756740229.
  4. Benchmark Maps. Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas. 2nd. 2010. 1:250,000. 86–87. 978-0-929591-06-3. 567571371.