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Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho)

Coordinates: 43°53′24″N 112°21′32″W / 43.89000°N 112.35889°W / 43.89000; -112.35889
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Camas Creek
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho) is located in Idaho
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho)
Location of the mouth of Camas Creek in Idaho
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho) is located in the United States
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho)
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountiesClark County, Idaho, Jefferson County, Idaho
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnear Kilgore, Clark County, Idaho
 • coordinates44°21′52″N 111°53′36″W / 44.36444°N 111.89333°W / 44.36444; -111.89333[1]
 • elevation6,287 ft (1,916 m)[2]
MouthMud Lake
 • location
northeast of Mud Lake, Jefferson County, Idaho
 • coordinates
43°53′24″N 112°21′32″W / 43.89000°N 112.35889°W / 43.89000; -112.35889[1]
 • elevation
4,783 ft (1,458 m)[1]
Length63 mi (101 km)[3]
Basin size1,011 sq mi (2,620 km2)[4]

Camas Creek is a 63-mile (101 km) long[3] stream in southeastern Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of Mud Lake.

Description

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Beginning at an elevation of 6,287 feet (1,916 m)[2] near Kilgore in northeastern Clark County, it flows southwest into Jefferson County and receives its largest tributary, Beaver Creek. It then passes through the Camas National Wildlife Refuge, and reaches its mouth northeast of the town of Mud Lake,[5] at an elevation of 4,783 feet (1,458 m).[1] Camas Creek has a 1,011-square-mile (2,618 km2) watershed.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Camas Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 21 Jun 1979. Retrieved 12 Feb 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 12 Feb 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Beaver-Camas – 17040214 8 Digit Hydrologic Unit Profile" (PDF). Natural Resources Conservation Service. Feb 2007. Retrieved 12 Feb 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. pp. 58, 67. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.
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