Butte Creek (Oregon)

This article is about the stream in Oregon. For other uses, see Butte Creek (disambiguation).
Butte Creek
Upper Butte Creek Falls
Butte Creek (Oregon) is located in Oregon
Butte Creek (Oregon)
Location of the mouth of Butte Creek in Oregon
EtymologyProbably for Graves Butte, also known as Lone Tree Butte and, later, Mount Angel[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyMarion, Clackamas
Physical characteristics
SourceCascade Range
 • locationButte Basin, Santiam State Forest, Marion County, Oregon
 • coordinates44°53′06″N 122°23′55″W / 44.88500°N 122.39861°W / 44.88500; -122.39861[1]
 • elevation3,550 ft (1,080 m)[3]
MouthPudding River
 • location
near Woodburn, Clackamas County, Oregon
 • coordinates
45°09′38″N 122°46′23″W / 45.16056°N 122.77306°W / 45.16056; -122.77306[1]
 • elevation
102 ft (31 m)[1]
Length33 mi (53 km)
Basin size69 sq mi (180 km2)[4]

Butte Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Oregon, a tributary of the Pudding River. It is approximately 33 miles (53 km) long[5] and, for all of its course, defines part of the northeastern boundary of Marion County and the southern boundary of Clackamas County.

  1. ^ a b c "Butte Creek". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 131. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS coordinates
  4. ^ Pudding River Watershed Council; Adolfson Associates; Alsea Geospatial. "Pudding River Watershed Assessment, 2006". Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  5. ^ USGS topographic maps mark river miles from zero through 27 (at 44°55′06″N 122°30′13″W / 44.91835°N 122.50363°W / 44.91835; -122.50363); distance beyond is estimated.