Eightmile Creek (Fifteenmile Creek tributary)

Eightmile Creek is a stream in Wasco County and Hood River County, Oregon, in the United States.[1] It is a tributary of Fifteenmile Creek.

Eightmile Creek
Eightmile Creek (Fifteenmile Creek tributary) is located in Oregon
Eightmile Creek (Fifteenmile Creek tributary)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyWasco
Physical characteristics
SourceCascade Range
 • coordinates45°21′38″N 121°30′25″W
MouthFifteenmile Creek
 • location
Petersburg (vicinity)
 • coordinates
45°36′22″N 121°05′10″W[1]
 • elevation
259 ft (79 m)[1]

Eightmile Creek was named from its distance, eight miles (13 km) from The Dalles.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eightmile Creek (Fifteenmile Creek tributary)
  2. "Confused 'Mile Creeks'". The Bulletin. April 11, 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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