Succor Creek
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Succor Creek in Malheur County, Oregon
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| Name origin: Obscure, but possibly for the creek's fresh water, which gave aid (succor) to early travelers south of the Snake River.[1] | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Idaho, Oregon |
| County | Owyhee, Malheur |
| Source | Owyhee Mountains |
| - location | near Johnston Lakes, Owyhee County, Idaho |
| - elevation | 6,976 ft (2,126 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3] |
| Mouth | Snake River |
| - location | near Homedale, Owyhee County, Idaho |
| - elevation | 2,211 ft (674 m) [3] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [3] |
| Length | 69 mi (111 km) [4] |
| Basin | 494 sq mi (1,279 km2) [5] |
  Location of the mouth of Succor Creek in Idaho
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Succor Creek is a 69.4-mile-long (111.7 km)[4] tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon.[3] The creek begins in the Owyhee Mountains in Owyhee County, Idaho.[3] After flowing for about 23 miles (37 km) in Idaho, Succor Creek enters Malheur County, Oregon, where it flows for 39 miles (63 km) before re-entering Idaho for its final 5 miles (8.0 km).[6] It joins the Snake near Homedale, about 413 river miles (665 km) from the larger river's confluence with the Columbia River.[7]
Succor Creek State Natural Area is 30 miles (48 km) south of Nyssa along an unpaved road off Oregon Route 201. It has only primitive camping with no potable water.[8] The canyon in which the natural area is located is known for fossils, geologic formations, and thundereggs, the Oregon state rock.[1]
See also
- List of rivers of Oregon
- List of longest streams of Oregon
- List of rivers of Idaho
- List of longest streams of Idaho
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 3, 2011
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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