Silver Creek (Harney County, Oregon)

This article is about a stream in Oregon. For other uses, see Silver Creek.
Silver Creek
Flowing through fields north of Riley
Silver Creek (Harney County, Oregon) is located in Oregon
Silver Creek (Harney County, Oregon)
Location of the mouth of Silver Creek in Oregon
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyHarney
Physical characteristics
SourceBlue Mountains
 • locationnear Snow Mountain between Burns and Paulina in, Harney County, Oregon
 • coordinates43°56′28″N 119°33′25″W / 43.94111°N 119.55694°W / 43.94111; -119.55694[1]
 • elevation5,830 ft (1,780 m)[2]
MouthHarney Lake
 • location
downstream of Riley, Harney County, Oregon
 • coordinates
43°15′47″N 119°11′21″W / 43.26306°N 119.18917°W / 43.26306; -119.18917[1]
 • elevation
4,101 ft (1,250 m)[1]
Length87 mi (140 km)[3]
Basin size1,670 sq mi (4,300 km2)[4]

Silver Creek is an 87-mile (140 km) stream of Oregon which drains a portion of the endorheic Harney Basin to Harney Lake. Arising in the Blue Mountains, it flows generally southeast, although much of the stream is intermittent. The Silver Creek Volcanic Field is associated with the creek's watershed.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "Silver Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  2. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 10, 2010.
  4. ^ "Boundary Descriptions and Names of Regions, Subregions, Accounting Units and Cataloging Units". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
  5. ^ "Volcanoes in America". Altius Directory. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)