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Willow Creek (Deschutes River tributary)

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River in Oregon, United States For other places with the same name, see Willow Creek.
Willow Creek
Willow Creek (Deschutes River tributary) is located in OregonWillow Creek (Deschutes River tributary)Location of the mouth of Willow Creek in Oregon
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountiesCrook, Jefferson
Physical characteristics
SourceOchoco Mountains
 • locationOchoco National Forest, Crook County
 • coordinates44°30′28″N 120°48′29″W / 44.50778°N 120.80806°W / 44.50778; -120.80806
 • elevation4,415 ft (1,346 m)
MouthDeschutes River
 • locationLake Simtustus, Jefferson County
 • coordinates44°40′18″N 121°13′41″W / 44.67167°N 121.22806°W / 44.67167; -121.22806
 • elevation1,591 ft (485 m)
Length26 mi (42 km)
Basin size181 sq mi (470 km)
Discharge 
 • minimum1 cu ft/s (0.028 m/s)

Willow Creek is a tributary, about 26 miles (42 km) long, of the Deschutes River in central Oregon in the United States. Arising near Foley Butte in the western Ochoco Mountains in Crook County, it flows generally northwest into Jefferson County and through the Crooked River National Grassland. The creek continues through the city of Madras and becomes the dividing line between two plateaus, Agency Plains and Little Agency Plains. It then enters the Deschutes above Pelton Dam and its impoundment, Lake Simtustus, about 105 miles (169 km) from the river's confluence with the Columbia River.

Named tributaries from source to mouth are Higgins, Coon, Newbill, and McMeen creeks followed by Dry Canyon. The creek and its tributaries support populations of redband trout, largescale sucker, bridgelip sucker, and longnose dace.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Willow Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  2. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ The Wetlands Conservancy; Vigil-Agrimis; Anderson, John (2015). "Deschutes Wetland Atlas" (PDF). The Wetlands Conservancy. p. 19.
  4. ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 29, 2016 – via ACME Mapper. The map includes mile markers along the Deschutes River.

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