Grave Creek (Oregon)
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This article is about a creek in Oregon. For the burial site in West Virginia, see Grave Creek Mound.
Grave Creek is a tributary, about 40 miles (64 km) long, of the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon in the United States.
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Grave Creek | |
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Etymology | The grave of a child, Martha Leland Crowley, who died near the creek in 1846[1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Cedar Springs Mountain |
• location | Klamath Mountains, Douglas County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 42°45′26″N 123°07′41″W[2] |
• elevation | 4,556 ft (1,389 m)[3] |
Mouth | Rogue River |
• location | about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Galice, Josephine County, Oregon |
• coordinates | 42°38′54″N 123°35′05″W[2] |
• elevation | 623 ft (190 m)[2] |
Basin size | 163 sq mi (420 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | near Placer[4][5] |
• average | 132 cu ft/s (3.7 m3/s)[4][5] |
• minimum | 1 cu ft/s (0.028 m3/s) |
• maximum | 8,000 cu ft/s (230 m3/s) |
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