Willow Creek (Snake River tributary) explained

Willow Creek
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Pushpin Map:USA Idaho
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Willow Creek in Idaho
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Idaho
Subdivision Type4:Counties
Subdivision Name4:Bonneville County, Idaho, Bingham County, Idaho
Length:84miles[1]
Source1 Location:east of the Blackfoot Mountains, Bingham County, Idaho
Source1 Coordinates:43.0944°N -111.7144°W[2]
Source1 Elevation:6568feet[3]
Mouth:Snake River
Mouth Location:north of Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho
Mouth Coordinates:43.5528°N -111.9881°W
Mouth Elevation:4777feet

Willow Creek is a 840NaN0 long[1] tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 6568feet[3] east of the Blackfoot Mountains in southeastern Bingham County, it flows generally north into Bonneville County and past Bone. South of the town of Ririe, the creek is impounded by Ririe Dam, forming Ririe Reservoir. It then turns southwest, passing between Iona and Ucon, before bifurcating into two distributaries, North Fork Willow Creek and South Fork Willow Creek,[4] at an elevation of 4777feet.[2] Both forks reach the Snake River north of Idaho Falls.[4]

Willow Creek has significant populations of brown trout.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Hydrography Dataset. United States Geological Survey. July 23, 2013. Note: approximation; course is largely obliterated by agriculture past Ririe.
  2. Willow Creek. 375924. June 21, 1979. July 23, 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. 68, 78. 978-0-929591-06-3. 567571371.
  5. Book: Geological Survey (U.S.) Lead Bureau. United States Bureau of Land Management. United States Forest Service. Development of phosphate resources in southeastern Idaho. February 7, 2013. 1975. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey. 1.