Crooked Creek (Oregon)

{{Other places3|Crooked Creek (disambiguation){{!}}Crooked Creek}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Crooked Creek

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| image = Crooked creek near burns junction.jpg

| image_caption = Crooked Creek south of Burns Junction

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| pushpin_map = USA Oregon

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Crooked Creek in Oregon

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = Oregon

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| subdivision_type4 = County

| subdivision_name4 = Malheur

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| length = {{convert|51|mi|km|abbr=on}}

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| source1 = Crooked Creek Springs

| source1_location = Malheur County

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|42|40|32|N|117|54|33|W|display=inline}}{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)| publisher = United States Geological Survey (USGS) | date = November 28, 1980 | url = {{gnis3|1119564}} | title = Crooked Creek| accessdate = November 1, 2010}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|3921|ft|abbr=on}}Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.

| mouth = Owyhee River

| mouth_location = {{convert|4.5|mi|km}} northwest of Rome

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|42|52|57|N|117|41|52|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|3343|ft|abbr=on}}

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| basin_size = {{convert|1340|sqmi|abbr=on}}

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Crooked Creek is a {{convert|51|mi|adj=on}} tributary of the Owyhee River in the U.S. state of Oregon.{{cite web|title = Vmap0|url=http://gis-lab.info/qa/vmap0-eng.html|publisher = GIS-Lab|accessdate = September 3, 2010}} The source of Crooked Creek is at an elevation of {{convert|3921|ft}} at Crooked Creek Spring, while the mouth is at an elevation of {{convert|3343|ft}} near Rome. Crooked Creek has a {{convert|1340|sqmi|adj=on}} watershed.{{cite web|title = Oregon Hydrologic Units| publisher = United States Geological Survey|url = http://or.water.usgs.gov/data_dir/orehuclist.html|year = 1996|accessdate = September 3, 2010}}

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