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Crooked Creek (Wenaha River tributary)

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45: 29: 311:. Its major tributaries, listed from upstream to downstream, are Third, Second, Cherry, Melton and First Creeks, all joining from the left. The 19-mile (31 km) Crooked Creek Trail begins at the crest of the Blue Mountains at Indian Corral, and descends to the Wenaha River via Trout, Third and Crooked Creeks. Much of the area was burned during the 2015 Grizzly Bear Complex fire. 52: 44: 567: 562: 210: 557: 367: 133: 328: 358: 277: 107: 535: 363: 285: 281: 119: 304: 323: 308: 353: 269: 84: 289: 196: 482: 531: 419:
United States Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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The creek and its tributaries form a network of canyons cut into the horizontal
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layers of the Blue Mountains. The entirety of the creek flows within the
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It was historically called the "Crooked Fork" of the Wenaha River.
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Map of the Wenaha river watershed, including Crooked Creek
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in the United States. Beginning at McBain Spring in the
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Crooked Creek (Wenaha River tributary) is located in Oregon
Washington
Oregon
Blue Mountains
Columbia County, Washington
46°05′16″N 117°40′09″W / 46.08778°N 117.66917°W / 46.08778; -117.66917
Mouth
Wenaha River
Wallowa County, Oregon
45°58′37″N 117°33′11″W / 45.97694°N 117.55306°W / 45.97694; -117.55306
Wenaha River
Washington
Oregon
Blue Mountains
Columbia County, Washington
Garfield County
Wallowa County, Oregon
Troy
basalt
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness
Umatilla National Forest
List of rivers of Oregon
List of rivers of Washington (state)



"Crooked Creek"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey

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