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Alidade Creek

Coordinates: 43°58′21″N 115°09′57″W / 43.97250°N 115.16583°W / 43.97250; -115.16583
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Alidade Creek
Tributary to Johnson Creek
Map of Alidade Creek mouth location
Map of Alidade Creek mouth location
Location of Alidade Creek mouth
Map of Alidade Creek mouth location
Map of Alidade Creek mouth location
Alidade Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyElmore
Physical characteristics
SourceLittle Queens River divide
 • locationabout 6 miles west-southwest of Rock Island Lake
 • coordinates43°48′35″N 115°09′47″W / 43.80972°N 115.16306°W / 43.80972; -115.16306[1]
 • elevation11,090 ft (3,380 m)[2]
MouthJohnson Creek
 • location
about 1 mile north of Tackobe Mountain
 • coordinates
43°58′21″N 115°09′57″W / 43.97250°N 115.16583°W / 43.97250; -115.16583[1]
 • elevation
6,624 ft (2,019 m)[3]
Length1.76 mi (2.83 km)[4]
Basin size0.84 square miles (2.2 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationJohnson Creek
 • average1.54 cu ft/s (0.044 m3/s) at mouth with Pinishook Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionJohnson Creek → North Fork Boise RiverBoise RiverSnake RiverColumbia RiverPacific Ocean
River systemBoise River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
WaterbodiesAlidade Lake
Bridgesnone

Alidade Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Idaho.[6] It is a tributary of Johnson Creek.[7]

Alidade Creek was named after the alidade, a surveying instrument.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Alidade Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Alampa Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alidade Creek
  7. ^ a b Biennial Report of the Board of Trustees of the State Historical Society of Idaho. Idaho State Historical Society. 1922. p. 18.