Jordan Creek (Owyhee River tributary)

Jordan Creek
Map of the Owyhee River drainage basin; Jordan Creek joins the river near Rome, Oregon
Location of the mouth of Jordan Creek in Oregon Show map of Oregon Jordan Creek (Owyhee River tributary) (the United States) Show map of the United States
Etymology	For Michael M. Jordan, whose party discovered gold along the creek in 1863
Location
Country	United States
State	Idaho, Oregon
Physical characteristics
Source	Owyhee Mountains
• location	near Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho
• coordinates	42°58′21″N 116°44′39″W / 42.97250°N 116.74417°W / 42.97250; -116.74417[1]
• elevation	7,551 ft (2,302 m)[2]
Mouth	Owyhee River
• location	near Rome, Malheur County, Oregon
• coordinates	42°51′45″N 117°38′29″W / 42.86250°N 117.64139°W / 42.86250; -117.64139[1]
• elevation	3,363 ft (1,025 m)[1]
Length	99 mi (159 km)[3]
Basin size	1,305 sq mi (3,380 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	near Oregon–Idaho border[5]
• average	183 cu ft/s (5.2 m3/s)[5]
• minimum	1.2 cu ft/s (0.034 m3/s)
• maximum	7,530 cu ft/s (213 m3/s)

Jordan Creek is a 99-mile (159 km) tributary of the Owyhee River in the northwestern United States.^[3] It generally flows west from near Silver City, Idaho, in the Owyhee Mountains to near Rome in the Oregon High Desert.^[6][7] Major tributaries are Big Boulder, Soda, Louse, Spring, Rock, Meadow, Combination, and Louisa creeks in Idaho and Cow Creek in Oregon.^[5] The creek is named for Michael M. Jordan, who led a party that discovered gold along the creek in 1863.^[8][9]