Grave Creek (Oregon)

Grave Creek
Grave Creek Bridge carries Sunny Valley Loop Road over the creek.
Grave Creek (Oregon) is located in Oregon
Grave Creek (Oregon)
Location of the mouth of Grave Creek in Oregon
EtymologyThe grave of a child, Martha Leland Crowley, who died near the creek in 1846[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyDouglas, Jackson, and Josephine
Physical characteristics
SourceCedar Springs Mountain
 • locationKlamath Mountains, Douglas County, Oregon
 • coordinates42°45′26″N 123°07′41″W / 42.75722°N 123.12806°W / 42.75722; -123.12806[1]
 • elevation4,556 ft (1,389 m)[3]
MouthRogue River
 • location
about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Galice, Josephine County, Oregon
 • coordinates
42°38′54″N 123°35′05″W / 42.64833°N 123.58472°W / 42.64833; -123.58472[1]
 • elevation
623 ft (190 m)[1]
Basin size163 sq mi (420 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Placer[4][5]
 • average132 cu ft/s (3.7 m3/s)[4][5]
 • minimum1 cu ft/s (0.028 m3/s)
 • maximum8,000 cu ft/s (230 m3/s)

Grave Creek is a tributary, about 40 miles (64 km) long, of the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon in the United States.

  1. ^ a b c "Grave Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003). Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 424–25. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) source coordinates.
  4. ^ a b c "Grave Creek Water Quality Restoration Plan 2001" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2009. Retrieved June 3, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "USGS 14372000 Grave Creek near Placer, Oregon". United States Geological Survey (USGS). Retrieved June 3, 2009.The average flow was derived by adding the average annual flows from this discontinued gauge for the years 1951–54 and dividing by 4.