Indian Creek (Boise River tributary)

Stream in Canyon, Elmore, and Ada counties in Idaho, United States

Indian Creek

Indian Creek in Caldwell, August 2008

Location of the mouth of Indian Creek in Idaho

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Indian Creek (Boise River tributary) (the United States)

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Location
Country| United States
State| Idaho
Counties| Ada, Canyon, Elmore
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| south of Arrowrock Reservoir, Elmore County, Idaho
• coordinates| 43°25′53″N 115°46′49″W﻿ / ﻿43.43139°N 115.78028°W﻿ / 43.43139; -115.78028[1]
• elevation| 5,047 ft (1,538 m)[2]
Mouth| Boise River

• location

| Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho

• coordinates

| 43°40′39″N 116°42′19″W﻿ / ﻿43.67750°N 116.70528°W﻿ / 43.67750; -116.70528[1]

• elevation

| 2,349 ft (716 m)[1]
Length| 66 mi (106 km)[3]
Basin size| 295 sq mi (760 km2)[4]

Indian Creek is a 66-mile (106 km) long[3] tributary of the Boise River in Canyon, Elmore, and Ada counties in Idaho, United States.[1]

## River course

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Beginning at an elevation of 5,047 feet (1,538 m)[2] south of Arrowrock Reservoir in western Elmore County]], it flows west into Ada County and through the town of Kuna. It then flows northwest into Canyon County, through Nampa, and finally to its mouth in Caldwell,[5] at an elevation of 2,349 feet (716.0 m).[1] Indian Creek has a 295-square-mile (764 km2) watershed.[4]

## See also

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* Rivers portal
* Idaho portal

* List of rivers of Idaho
* List of longest streams of Idaho

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Indian Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 21, 1979. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
2. ^ a b Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
3. ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
4. ^ a b "Lower Boise River Nutrient & Tributary Subbasin Assessments" (PDF). Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. December 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
5. ^ Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas (Map) (2nd ed.). 1:250,000. Benchmark Maps. 2010. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0-929591-06-3. OCLC 567571371.

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