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Sailor Creek

Coordinates: 42°55′43″N 115°28′48″W / 42.92861°N 115.48000°W / 42.92861; -115.48000
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Sailor Creek
Sailor Creek is located in Idaho
Sailor Creek
Location of the mouth of Sailor Creek in Idaho
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountiesOwyhee County, Idaho, Elmore County, Idaho
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationsouthwest of Castleford, Owyhee County, Idaho
 • coordinates42°22′52″N 115°12′59″W / 42.38111°N 115.21639°W / 42.38111; -115.21639[1]
 • elevation4,879 ft (1,487 m)[2]
MouthSnake River
 • location
near Hammett, Owyhee County, Idaho
 • coordinates
42°55′43″N 115°28′48″W / 42.92861°N 115.48000°W / 42.92861; -115.48000[1]
 • elevation
2,467 ft (752 m)[1]
Length64 mi (103 km)[3]

Sailor Creek is a 64-mile (103 km) long[3] tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 4,879 feet (1,487 m)[2] southwest of Castleford in southeastern Owyhee County, it flows north through the Bruneau Desert, briefly crossing into Elmore County in the process. It then flows northwest to its mouth near Hammett,[4] at an elevation of 2,467 feet (751.9 m).[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sailor Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 21, 1979. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. pp. 72–73, 83. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.