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Blue Creek (Owyhee River tributary)

Coordinates: 42°01′48″N 116°12′37″W / 42.03000°N 116.21028°W / 42.03000; -116.21028
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Blue Creek
Blue Creek (Owyhee River tributary) is located in Idaho
Blue Creek (Owyhee River tributary)
Location of the mouth of Blue Creek in Idaho
Blue Creek (Owyhee River tributary) is located in the United States
Blue Creek (Owyhee River tributary)
Blue Creek (Owyhee River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyOwyhee County, Idaho
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationOwyhee County, Idaho
 • coordinates42°32′05″N 116°16′04″W / 42.53472°N 116.26778°W / 42.53472; -116.26778[1]
 • elevation6,097 ft (1,858 m)[2]
MouthOwyhee River
 • location
northwest of Owyhee, Nevada, Owyhee County, Idaho
 • coordinates
42°01′48″N 116°12′37″W / 42.03000°N 116.21028°W / 42.03000; -116.21028[1]
 • elevation
5,289 ft (1,612 m)[1]
Length53 mi (85 km)[3]

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.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Blue Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 21, 1979. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ a b "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.