Sailor Creek Explained

Sailor Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Idaho
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Sailor Creek in Idaho
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Idaho
Subdivision Type4:Counties
Subdivision Name4:Owyhee County, Idaho, Elmore County, Idaho
Length:64miles[1]
Source1 Location:southwest of Castleford, Owyhee County, Idaho
Source1 Coordinates:42.3811°N -115.2164°W[2]
Source1 Elevation:4879feet[3]
Mouth:Snake River
Mouth Location:near Hammett, Owyhee County, Idaho
Mouth Coordinates:42.9286°N -115.48°W
Mouth Elevation:2467feet

Sailor Creek is a 640NaN0 long[1] tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 4879feet[3] southwest of Castleford in southeastern Owyhee County, it flows north through the Bruneau Desert, briefly crossing into Elmore County in the process. It then flows northwest to its mouth near Hammett,[4] at an elevation of 2467feet.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Hydrography Dataset. United States Geological Survey. February 12, 2013.
  2. Sailor Creek. 389821. June 21, 1979. February 12, 2013.
  3. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. Benchmark Maps. Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas. 2nd. 2010. 1:250,000. 72–73, 83. 978-0-929591-06-3. 567571371.