| Eagle Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Oregon_relief_location_map.svg)  Location of the mouth of Eagle Creek in Oregon | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Union County, Baker County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Eagle Lake |
| • location | Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallowa Mountains, Union County |
| • coordinates | 45°07′30″N 117°20′19″W / 45.12500°N 117.33861°W[1] |
| • elevation | 7,847 ft (2,392 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Powder River |
• location | near Richland, Baker County |
• coordinates | 44°44′45″N 117°10′21″W / 44.74583°N 117.17250°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,106 ft (642 m)[1] |
| Length | 41 mi (66 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 196 sq mi (510 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 316 cu ft/s (8.9 m3/s)[3] |
| Type | Wild, Scenic, Recreational |
| Designated | October 28, 1988 |
Eagle Creek is a tributary, 41 miles (66 km) long, of the Powder River in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. Beginning at Eagle Lake in the Wallowa Mountains, the creek flows generally southwest and then southeast to meet the river near the small city of Richland. The creek's headwaters are in the Eagle Cap Wilderness within the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest.[4] The upper 28.9 miles (46.5 km) of the creek, from Eagle Lake to the national forest boundary at Skull Creek, are part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.[5]
- ^ a b c "Eagle Creek". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Tim (2014). Field Guide to Oregon Rivers. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-87071-627-0.
- ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 5, 2016 – via Acme Mapper.
- ^ "Eagle Creek, Oregon". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved January 5, 2016.