Homestake Creek

Homestake Creek[1]
The creek in the Homestake Valley
Homestake Creek is located in Colorado
Homestake Creek
Location of Homestake Creek's mouth in Colorado
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of East Fork Homestake Creek and Middle Fork Homestake Creek
 • coordinates39°22′28.74″N 106°27′30.32″W / 39.3746500°N 106.4584222°W / 39.3746500; -106.4584222[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Confluence with the Eagle River
 • coordinates
39°30′26.35″N 106°22′42.18″W / 39.5073194°N 106.3783833°W / 39.5073194; -106.3783833[1]
 • elevation
8,573 feet (2,613 meters)
Basin features
ProgressionEagle, Colorado
Tributaries 
 • leftMiddle Fork Homestake Creek, Missouri Creek, French Creek, Whitney Creek, Girard Creek
 • rightEast Fork Homestake Creek

Homestake Creek is a tributary of the Eagle River in Eagle County, Colorado. Homestake Dam impounds one of the creek's tributaries, Middle Fork Homestake Creek. Homestake Creek itself begins just below the dam, at the confluence of its east and middle forks.

  1. ^ a b c "Homestake Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. January 1, 2000. Retrieved July 27, 2024.