Crooked Creek (Oregon)

For other places with the same name, see Crooked Creek.

Crooked Creek is a 51-mile (82 km) tributary of the Owyhee River in the U.S. state of Oregon.^[3] The source of Crooked Creek is at an elevation of 3,921 feet (1,195 m) at Crooked Creek Spring,^[2] while the mouth is at an elevation of 3,343 feet (1,019 m) near Rome.^[1] Crooked Creek has a 1,340-square-mile (3,500 km²) watershed.^[4]

Crooked Creek
Crooked Creek south of Burns Junction
Location of the mouth of Crooked Creek in Oregon
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Malheur
Physical characteristics
Source	Crooked Creek Springs
• location	Malheur County
• coordinates	42°40′32″N 117°54′33″W[1]
• elevation	3,921 ft (1,195 m)[2]
Mouth	Owyhee River
• location	4.5 miles (7.2 km) northwest of Rome
• coordinates	42°52′57″N 117°41′52″W[1]
• elevation	3,343 ft (1,019 m)[1]
Length	51 mi (82 km)[3]
Basin size	1,340 sq mi (3,500 km2)[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Oregon
• List of longest streams of Oregon

References

1. "Crooked Creek". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
3. "Vmap0". GIS-Lab. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
4. "Oregon Hydrologic Units". United States Geological Survey. 1996. Retrieved September 3, 2010.