Yankee Fork | |
Pushpin Map: | Idaho#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Yankee Fork Salmon River in Idaho |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Idaho |
Length: | 28miles |
Discharge1 Location: | near Clayton, about 0.5miles from the mouth |
Discharge1 Min: | 10cuft/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 199cuft/s |
Discharge1 Max: | 3360cuft/s |
Source1: | Salmon River Mountains |
Source1 Location: | Salmon–Challis National Forest |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.5164°N -114.6047°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 8600feet |
Mouth: | Salmon River |
Mouth Location: | Near Stanley |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.2697°N -114.7344°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 5915feet |
Basin Size: | 189sqmi[2] |
The Yankee Fork Salmon River is a 28miles[3] tributary of the Salmon River in Custer County, Idaho in the United States. It originates in the Salmon River Mountains, in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, and flows south to its confluence at Sunbeam, about 10miles east of Stanley.