Camas Creek (Mud Lake)

Camas Creek
Country	United States
State	Idaho
Counties	Clark County, Idaho, Jefferson County, Idaho
Source
- location	near Kilgore, Clark County, Idaho
- elevation	6,287 ft (1,916 m) [1]
- coordinates	44°21′52″N 111°53′36″W / 44.36444°N 111.89333°W [2]
Mouth	Mud Lake
- location	northeast of Mud Lake, Jefferson County, Idaho
- elevation	4,783 ft (1,458 m) [2]
- coordinates	43°53′24″N 112°21′32″W / 43.89000°N 112.35889°WCoordinates: 43°53′24″N 112°21′32″W / 43.89000°N 112.35889°W [2]
Length	63 mi (101 km) [3]
Basin	1,011 sq mi (2,618 km^2) [4]
Camas Creek is the easternmost of Idaho's lost streams
Location of the mouth of Camas Creek in Idaho

Camas Creek is a 63-mile (101 km) long^[3] tributary of Mud Lake in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 6,287 feet (1,916 m)^[1] near Kilgore in northeastern Clark County, it flows southwest into Jefferson County and receives its largest tributary, Beaver Creek. It then passes through the Camas National Wildlife Refuge, and reaches its mouth northeast of the town of Mud Lake,^[5] at an elevation of 4,783 feet (1,458 m).^[2] Camas Creek has a 1,011-square-mile (2,618 km²) watershed.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Idaho
• List of longest streams of Idaho

References

1. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
2. "Camas Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 21, 1979. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
3. "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
4. "Beaver-Camas – 17040214 8 Digit Hydrologic Unit Profile" (PDF). Natural Resources Conservation Service. February 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
5. Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. pp. 58, 67. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.