Bannock Creek is a 67-mile (108 km) long[3] tributary of the Snake River in Power and Onieda counties in Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of the Snake River.[1]

Bannock Creek
Bannock Creek is located in Idaho
Bannock Creek
Location of the mouth of Bannock Creek in Idaho
Bannock Creek is located in the United States
Bannock Creek
Location of the mouth of Bannock Creek in the United States
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountiesPower, Onieda
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationnorth of Holbrook, Oneida County, Idaho
 • coordinates42°22′56″N 112°38′36″W / 42.38222°N 112.64333°W / 42.38222; -112.64333[1]
 • elevation5,953 ft (1,814 m)[2]
MouthSnake River
 • location
west of Pocatello, Power County, Idaho
 • coordinates
42°53′14″N 112°41′02″W / 42.88722°N 112.68389°W / 42.88722; -112.68389[1]
 • elevation
4,357 ft (1,328 m)[1]
Length67 mi (108 km)[3]
Basin size475 sq mi (1,230 km2)[4]

Description edit

Beginning at an elevation of 5,953 feet (1,814 m)[2] north of Holbrook in northern Oneida County, it flows north into Power County and through the Arbon Valley, the town of Pauline, and the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. It then reaches its mouth at American Falls Reservoir, and impoundment of the Snake River, midway between the towns of American Falls and Pocatello,[5] at an elevation of 4,357 feet (1,328 m).[1] Bannock Creek has a 475-square-mile (1,230 km2) watershed.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bannock Creek
  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 10, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Spinazola, Joseph M.; Higgs, B.D. (1998). "Water Resources of Bannock Creek Basin, Southeastern Idaho" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. pp. 77, 87. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.

External links edit

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