Goose Creek (Snake River tributary)

Goose Creek is a 123-mile (198 km) long^[3] tributary of the Snake River. Beginning at an elevation of 7,239 feet (2,206 m)^[2] in the Cassia Division of the Sawtooth National Forest in southwestern Cassia County, Idaho, it flows south into Elko County, Nevada, and loops back around into Cassia County, briefly crossing Box Elder County, Utah, in the process.^[5] It is impounded by Oakley Dam several miles south of Oakley, Idaho, forming Lower Goose Creek Reservoir. All of the creek's water is stored for irrigation, so its channel from the reservoir to its mouth near Burley, Idaho, is dry and largely obliterated by agriculture.^[6] Goose Creek has a 1,120-square-mile (2,901 km²) watershed.^[4] The California Trail followed Goose Creek from a point just north of the Idaho/Utah border southwest across northwestern Utah to Little Goose Creek in northeastern Elko County, Nevada.^[7]

Goose Creek
Goose Creek near Oakley, Idaho
Location of the mouth of Goose Creek in Idaho Show map of Idaho Goose Creek (Snake River tributary) (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	Idaho, Nevada, Utah
Counties	Cassia County, Idaho, Elko County, Nevada, Box Elder County, Utah
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cassia Division of the Sawtooth National Forest, Cassia County, Idaho
• coordinates	42°10′29″N 114°17′31″W[1]
• elevation	7,239 ft (2,206 m)[2]
Mouth	Snake River
• location	near Burley, Cassia County, Idaho
• coordinates	42°32′37″N 113°45′47″W[1]
• elevation	4,137 ft (1,261 m)[1]
Length	123 mi (198 km)[3]
Basin size	1,120 sq mi (2,900 km2)[4]

The stream was named for the geese along its course.^[8]

Goose Creek in Elko County, Nevada

See also

• List of rivers of Idaho
• List of longest streams of Idaho
• List of rivers of Nevada
• List of rivers of Utah