Sheep Creek (Bruneau River)

Sheep Creek
Sheep Creek
Country United States
States Idaho, Nevada
Counties Owyhee County, Idaho, Elko County, Nevada
Source
 - location east of Owyhee, Nevada, Elko County, Nevada
 - elevation 6,126 ft (1,867 m) [1]
 - coordinates 41°58′18″N 115°55′07″W / 41.97167°N 115.91861°W / 41.97167; -115.91861 [2]
Mouth Bruneau River
 - location Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness, Owyhee County, Idaho
 - elevation 3,415 ft (1,041 m) [2]
 - coordinates 42°29′55″N 115°35′50″W / 42.49861°N 115.59722°W / 42.49861; -115.59722Coordinates: 42°29′55″N 115°35′50″W / 42.49861°N 115.59722°W / 42.49861; -115.59722 [2]
Length 63 mi (101 km) [3]
Location of the mouth of Sheep Creek in Idaho

Sheep Creek is a 63-mile (101 km) long[3] tributary of the Bruneau River. Beginning at an elevation of 6,126 feet (1,867 m)[1] east of Owyhee in northern Elko County, Nevada, it flows generally north into Owyhee County, Idaho and the Owyhee Desert, where it is roughly paralleled by Idaho State Highway 51. It then flows to its mouth in the Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness,[4] at an elevation of 3,415 feet (1,041 m).[2] In 2009, 25.6 miles (41.2 km) of the creek were designated as wild by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which also created the Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness.[5][6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sheep Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 21, 1979. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.
  5. ↑ "Sheep Creek, Idaho". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved July 15, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wild and Scenic Rivers". Bureau of Land Management. June 20, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2013.


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