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Camas Creek
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho) is located in Idaho
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho)
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho) is located in the United States
Camas Creek (Clark and Jefferson counties, Idaho)
Location of the mouth of Camas Creek in Idaho
Country United States
State Idaho
Counties Clark County, Idaho, Jefferson County, Idaho
Physical characteristics
Main source near Kilgore, Clark County, Idaho
6,287 ft (1,916 m)
44°21′52″N 111°53′36″W / 44.36444°N 111.89333°W / 44.36444; -111.89333
River mouth Mud Lake
northeast of Mud Lake, Jefferson County, Idaho
4,783 ft (1,458 m)
43°53′24″N 112°21′32″W / 43.89000°N 112.35889°W / 43.89000; -112.35889
Length 63 mi (101 km)
Basin features
Basin size 1,011 sq mi (2,620 km2)

Camas Creek is a 63-mile (101 km) long stream in southeastern Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of Mud Lake.

Description

Beginning at an elevation of 6,287 feet (1,916 m) near Kilgore in northeastern Clark County, it flows southwest into Jefferson County and receives its largest tributary, Beaver Creek. It then passes through the Camas National Wildlife Refuge, and reaches its mouth northeast of the town of Mud Lake, at an elevation of 4,783 feet (1,458 m). Camas Creek has a 1,011-square-mile (2,618 km2) watershed.

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