Rattlesnake Creek (Oregon)

Rattlesnake Creek
Country United States
State Oregon
County Malheur
Source
 - location near McDermitt
 - elevation 6,439 ft (1,963 m) [1]
 - coordinates  [2]
Mouth Crooked Creek
 - location near Burns Junction
 - elevation 3,770 ft (1,149 m) [2]
 - coordinates  [2]
Length 57 mi (92 km) [3]
Basin 298 sq mi (772 km2) [4]
Location of the mouth of Rattlesnake Creek in Oregon

Rattlesnake Creek is a tributary, 57 miles (92 km) long, of Crooked Creek in the U.S. state of Oregon.[3] The creek, which is intermittent, begins in the desert north of McDermitt in Malheur County.[5] It joins Crooked Creek southeast of the intersection of U.S. Route 95 and Oregon Route 78 at Burns Junction, about 15 miles (24 km) from the larger stream's confluence with the Owyhee River.[6]

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References

  1. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. ^ a b c "Rattlesnake Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1125829. Retrieved March 11, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. http://nhd.usgs.gov/index.html. Retrieved September 3, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Watershed Boundary Dataset". USDA, NRCS, National Cartography and Geospatial Center. http://www.ncgc.nrcs.usda.gov/products/datasets/watershed/. Retrieved September 4, 2010. 
  5. ^ United States Geological Survey. "United States Topographic Map: Battle Mountain, Oregon, quadrangle". TopoQuest. http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=42.281944&lon=-117.669444&datum=nad83&zoom=4. Retrieved March 11, 2011. 
  6. ^ DeLorme Mapping. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (1991 ed.). Section 75. ISBN 0-89933-235-8.