Bridge Creek (John Day River tributary): Difference between revisions
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| mouth_elevation_imperial = 1483 |
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| mouth_elevation_note = <ref name="gnis">{{cite web | title = Bridge Creek | work = [[Geographic Names Information System]] (GNIS)| publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) | date = November 28, 1980 | url = http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1138616 | |
| mouth_elevation_note = <ref name="gnis">{{cite web | title = Bridge Creek | work = [[Geographic Names Information System]] (GNIS)| publisher = [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) | date = November 28, 1980 | url = http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1138616 | accessdate=September 26, 2008 }}</ref> |
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| watershed_note = <ref name="area">{{cite web| title= USGS 14046778 Bridge Creek above Coyote Canyon near Mitchell, OR| publisher = United States Geological Survey |date = 2008 | url = http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?14046778 | |
| watershed_note = <ref name="area">{{cite web| title= USGS 14046778 Bridge Creek above Coyote Canyon near Mitchell, OR| publisher = United States Geological Survey |date = 2008 | url = http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?14046778 | accessdate = September 27, 2008 }}</ref> |
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| discharge_location = Coyote Canyon, {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} from mouth |
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| publisher = Salem Public Library |
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| url = http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=2325&REC=20 |
| url = http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=2325&REC=20 |
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| accessdate = September 24, 2008 }}</ref> A third flood occurred on July 13, 1956, shortly after an intense thunderstorm in the Ochoco Mountains. The creek is usually less than {{convert|12|in|cm}} deep in Mitchell during July.<ref name="noaa"/> Minutes after the thunderstorm, a sudden surge of water destroyed or heavily damaged 20 buildings in the city and several bridges over Bridge Creek. An observer from the [[United States Geological Survey]] estimated that about {{convert|4|in|mm}} of rain had fallen in about 50 minutes at the storm's center.<ref name ="noaa">{{cite web |
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| title = Some of the Area's Rainstorms |
| title = Some of the Area's Rainstorms |
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| publisher = National Weather Service Forecast Office, Portland, Oregon |
| publisher = National Weather Service Forecast Office, Portland, Oregon |
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| url = http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/pqr/paststorms/rain.php |
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| accessdate = September 22, 2008 }}</ref> Total damage from the flood, which also caused extensive damage to crops and roads, was $709,000.<ref name ="armycorps">{{cite web |
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| title = Flood of 1955-1956: Columbia River and Tributaries |
| title = Flood of 1955-1956: Columbia River and Tributaries |
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| publisher = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| publisher = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
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| url = http://www.nww.usace.army.mil/dpn/fldinfo%5Cff19556.htm |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 23:24, 7 January 2009
Bridge Creek is a 28-mile (45 km) tributary of the John Day River in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] Part of the drainage basin of the Columbia River, its watershed covers 267 square miles (690 km2) in Wheeler County.[2]
From its headwaters in the Ochoco Mountains in central Oregon, the creek flows generally northeast for about 13 miles (21 km) from Mount Pisgah in the Bridge Creek Wilderness to the small city of Mitchell on U.S. Route 26. From Mitchell, it flows generally northwest for about 15 miles (24 km), passing through the Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument before meeting the John Day River.[3]
Bridge Creek is subject to occasional flash floods, which have affected Mitchell as well as rural areas nearby. Surging water along the creek, which flows parallel to Main Street in Mitchell, caused great damage in 1884 and 1904.[4] A third flood occurred on July 13, 1956, shortly after an intense thunderstorm in the Ochoco Mountains. The creek is usually less than 12 inches (30 cm) deep in Mitchell during July.[5] Minutes after the thunderstorm, a sudden surge of water destroyed or heavily damaged 20 buildings in the city and several bridges over Bridge Creek. An observer from the United States Geological Survey estimated that about 4 inches (100 mm) of rain had fallen in about 50 minutes at the storm's center.[5] Total damage from the flood, which also caused extensive damage to crops and roads, was $709,000.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
gniswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (Map) (1991 ed.). DeLorme Mapping. § 80. ISBN 0-89933-235-8.
- ^ "Oregon Historic Photographs Collection". Salem Public Library. Retrieved September 24, 2008.
- ^ a b "Some of the Area's Rainstorms". National Weather Service Forecast Office, Portland, Oregon. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Flood of 1955-1956: Columbia River and Tributaries". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved September 22, 2008.