| Fifteenmile Creek | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Fifteenmile_Creek_in_Dufur,_Oregon.jpg) Looking upstream from the North Main Street bridge in Dufur | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Oregon_relief_location_map.svg)  Location of the mouth of Fifteenmile Creek in Oregon | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| Counties | Hood River and Wasco |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lookout Mountain |
| • location | east of Mount Hood, Hood River County, Oregon |
| • coordinates | 45°20′35″N 121°31′18″W / 45.34306°N 121.52167°W[1] |
| • elevation | 6,178 ft (1,883 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Columbia River |
• location | near The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 45°36′50″N 121°07′22″W / 45.61389°N 121.12278°W[1] |
• elevation | 95 ft (29 m)[1] |
| Length | 54 mi (87 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 373 sq mi (970 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth[5] |
| • average | 197 cu ft/s (5.6 m3/s)[5] |
| Type | Wild, Scenic |
| Designated | March 30, 2009 |
Fifteenmile Creek is a 54-mile (87 km) long[3] tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains 373 square miles (966 km2) of Hood River and Wasco counties. Arising in the Cascade Range near Mount Hood, it flows northeast then west to its confluence with the Columbia near The Dalles.
It was named "fifteenmile" because in pioneer days the main road crossed the creek about fifteen miles (24 km) from The Dalles.[6]
- ^ a b c "Fifteenmile Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
- ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ Mount Hood National Forest (May 2010). "Fifteenmile Creek Basin Aquatic Habitat Restoration Strategy" (PDF). United States Forest Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Assesswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (1992) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (6th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-0875952369.