Jacks Creek | |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Jacks Creek in Idaho |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Idaho |
Subdivision Type4: | County |
Subdivision Name4: | Owyhee County, Idaho |
Length: | 15miles[1] |
Source1 Location: | southwest of Bruneau, Owyhee County, Idaho |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.7869°N -115.9783°W[2] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2779feet[3] |
Mouth: | Bruneau River |
Mouth Location: | C. J. Strike Reservoir, Owyhee County, Idaho |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.9006°N -115.8711°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 2457feet |
Jacks Creek is a 150NaN0 long[1] tributary of the Bruneau River in Owyhee County, Idaho. Beginning at the confluence of Big Jacks Creek and Little Jacks Creek at an elevation of 2779feet[3] southwest of Bruneau, it flows generally northeast to its mouth at C. J. Strike Reservoir,[4] at an elevation of 2457feet.[2] It was named after Jack Turner, a rancher who settled the area in 1869.[2]