Succor Creek

River in Oregon, United States

43°05′45″N 116°50′18″W / 43.09583°N 116.83833°W / 43.09583; -116.83833^[1] • elevation6,976 ft (2,126 m)^[3] MouthSnake River

• location

near Homedale, Owyhee County, Idaho

• coordinates

43°37′55″N 116°56′47″W / 43.63194°N 116.94639°W / 43.63194; -116.94639^[1]

• elevation

2,211 ft (674 m)^[1]Length69 mi (111 km)^[4]Basin size494 sq mi (1,280 km²)^[5]

Succor Creek is a 69.4-mile-long (111.7 km)^[4] tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon.^[1] The creek begins in the Owyhee Mountains in Owyhee County, Idaho.^[1] After flowing for about 23 miles (37 km) in Idaho, Succor Creek enters Malheur County, Oregon, where it flows for 39 miles (63 km) before re-entering Idaho for its final 5 miles (8.0 km).^[6] It joins the Snake near Homedale, about 413 river miles (665 km) from the larger river's confluence with the Columbia River.^[7]

Succor Creek State Natural Area is 30 miles (48 km) south of Nyssa along an unpaved road off Oregon Route 201. It has only primitive camping with no potable water.^[8] The canyon in which the natural area is located is known for fossils, geologic formations, and thundereggs, the Oregon state rock.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Succor Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
^ ^a ^b McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 920. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 3, 2011
^ "USGS 13173500 Succor Creek At Mouth Nr Homedale ID". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
^ "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
^ United States Geological Survey. "United States Topographic Map: Wilder, Idaho, quadrangle". TopoQuest. Retrieved March 11, 2011.
^ "Succor Creek State Natural Area". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved March 10, 2011.