Blue Creek (Owyhee River tributary)

Blue Creek is a 53-mile (85 km) long^[3] tributary of the Owyhee River in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 6,097 feet (1,858 m)^[2] in central Owyhee County, it flows generally south through the Owyhee Desert and near the community of Riddle, where it is roughly paralleled by Idaho State Highway 51. It then flows into the Duck Valley Indian Reservation to its mouth near the Idaho/Nevada border northwest of Owyhee, Nevada,^[4] at an elevation of 5,289 feet (1,612 m).^[1] also related to Blue Creek Road on the Idaho side of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.

Blue Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Owyhee County, Idaho
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Owyhee County, Idaho
• coordinates	42°32′05″N 116°16′04″W[1]
• elevation	6,097 ft (1,858 m)[2]
Mouth	Owyhee River
• location	northwest of Owyhee, Nevada, Owyhee County, Idaho
• coordinates	42°01′48″N 116°12′37″W[1]
• elevation	5,289 ft (1,612 m)[1]
Length	53 mi (85 km)[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Idaho
• List of longest streams of Idaho

References

1. "Blue Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 21, 1979. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
3. "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
4. Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.