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Ochoco Creek
Ochoco Creek Park in Prineville
Ochoco Creek is located in Oregon
Ochoco Creek
Location of the mouth of Ochoco Creek in Oregon
EtymologyNamed for a Northern Paiute leader of the 19th century[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyCrook County and Wheeler County
Physical characteristics
Sourcenear Ochoco Spring
 • locationOchoco National Forest, Wheeler County, Oregon
 • coordinates44°26′51″N 120°19′38″W / 44.44750°N 120.32722°W / 44.44750; -120.32722[1]
 • elevation5,428 ft (1,654 m)[3]
MouthCrooked River
 • location
Prineville, Crook County, Oregon
 • coordinates
44°19′19″N 120°53′28″W / 44.32194°N 120.89111°W / 44.32194; -120.89111[1]
 • elevation
2,838 ft (865 m)[1]
Length30 mi (48 km)[4]
Discharge 
 • minimum1 cu ft/s (0.028 m3/s)

Ochoco Creek is a 30-mile (48 km) tributary of the Crooked River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Part of the drainage basin of the Columbia River, it arises in the Ochoco National Forest in Wheeler County and flows generally southwest and west for most of its length through Crook County to slightly northwest of Prineville.

  1. ^ a b c "Ochoco Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
  2. ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 342. ISBN 0-8061-3576-X.
  3. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (1991 ed.). DeLorme Mapping. § 80. ISBN 0-89933-235-8.

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