Beaver Creek (Crooked River tributary)

Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek on Laughlin Table
Location of the mouth of Beaver Creek in Oregon
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Crook
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of north and south forks
• location	Laughlin Table
• coordinates	44°10′21″N 119°45′46″W / 44.17250°N 119.76278°W / 44.17250; -119.76278[1]
• elevation	3,834 ft (1,169 m)[2]
Mouth	Crooked River
• location	near Paulina
• coordinates	44°06′05″N 120°03′04″W / 44.10139°N 120.05111°W / 44.10139; -120.05111[1]
• elevation	3,622 ft (1,104 m)[1]

Beaver Creek is a tributary of the Crooked River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is formed by the confluence of its two forks in southeastern Crook County, a sparsely populated part of Central Oregon. North Fork Beaver Creek flows south and then west around Laughlin Table. South Fork Beaver Creek drains the slopes of Snow Mountain and Funny Butte in southwestern Grant County before joining the North Fork.^[3]

The Beaver Creek main stem flows west from the forks' confluence to near Birdsong Butte then southwest down Paulina Valley past the unincorporated community of Paulina to join the South Fork Crooked River. From this confluence, the main stem of the Crooked River flows generally west 125 miles (201 km) to meet the Deschutes River, a tributary of the Columbia River.^[3]

Named tributaries of the creek from source to mouth are Sugar Creek, which enters from the right; Grindstone Creek, left; Wolf and Paulina creeks, right; Alkali Creek, left; Profanity Gulch, right, and Drift Canyon, left.^[3] Oregon Route 380 (Paulina Highway) runs along the lower creek from near Paulina to the mouth. The stream flows under the highway twice, first slightly upstream of Paulina and then further downstream near Profanity Gulch.^[3]