Jordan Creek (Owyhee River tributary)
Jordan Creek is a 99-mile (159 km) tributary of the Owyhee River in the northwestern United States. It generally flows west from near Silver City, Idaho, in the Owyhee Mountains to near Rome in the Oregon High Desert. Major tributaries are Big Boulder, Soda, Louse, Spring, Rock, Meadow, Combination, and Louisa creeks in Idaho and Cow Creek in Oregon. The creek is named for Michael M. Jordan, who led a party that discovered gold along the creek in 1863.
| Jordan Creek | |
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Map of the Owyhee River drainage basin; Jordan Creek joins the river near Rome, Oregon | |
Location of the mouth of Jordan Creek in Oregon Jordan Creek (Owyhee River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Etymology | For Michael M. Jordan, whose party discovered gold along the creek in 1863 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho, Oregon |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Owyhee Mountains |
| • location | near Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho |
| • coordinates | 42°58′21″N 116°44′39″W |
| • elevation | 7,551 ft (2,302 m) |
| Mouth | Owyhee River |
• location | near Rome, Malheur County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 42°51′45″N 117°38′29″W |
• elevation | 3,363 ft (1,025 m) |
| Length | 99 mi (159 km) |
| Basin size | 1,305 sq mi (3,380 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | near Oregon–Idaho border |
| • average | 183 cu ft/s (5.2 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 1.2 cu ft/s (0.034 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 7,530 cu ft/s (213 m3/s) |
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