Crabtree Creek (South Santiam River tributary)

Crabtree Creek
Hoffman Bridge over Crabtree Creek
Crabtree Creek (South Santiam River tributary) is located in Oregon
Crabtree Creek (South Santiam River tributary)
Location of the mouth of Crabtree Creek in Oregon
EtymologyJohn J. Crabtree, who settled near the mouth of the creek in 1846[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLinn
Physical characteristics
SourceCascade Range foothills
 • locationCrabtree Mountain and Lake
 • coordinates44°36′01″N 122°27′06″W / 44.60028°N 122.45167°W / 44.60028; -122.45167[1]
 • elevation4,113 ft (1,254 m)[3]
MouthSouth Santiam River
 • location
upstream of Jefferson
 • coordinates
44°40′31″N 122°57′32″W / 44.67528°N 122.95889°W / 44.67528; -122.95889[1]
 • elevation
236 ft (72 m)[1]
Basin size156 sq mi (400 km2)[4]

Crabtree Creek is a tributary of the South Santiam River in Linn County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins in the western foothills of the Cascade Range at Crabtree Mountain near Crabtree Lake. From there it flows generally west to meet the larger stream about 3 miles (5 km) upstream of where the South Santiam merges with the North Santiam River to form the Santiam River.[5]

Oregon Route 226 crosses the creek between Crabtree on the south and Scio on the north about 8 miles (13 km) from the mouth.[5] The unincorporated community of Lacomb lies south of the creek, along one of its tributaries slightly west of the Cascade foothills.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Crabtree Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 243. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. ^ "Crabtree Watershed Analysis" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. 2001. p. 1. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 1, 2015 – via ACME Mapper. The map includes mile markers along the lower 25 miles (40 km) of the creek.