Goose Creek (Snake River tributary)
added a phrase about Goose Creek Mountains
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'''Goose Creek''' is a {{convert|123|mi|km|sigfig=3|adj=on}} long [[tributary]] of the [[Snake River]]. Beginning at an elevation of {{convert|7239|ft|m|sigfig=4}} in the Cassia Division of the [[Sawtooth National Forest]] in southwestern [[Cassia County, Idaho|Cassia County]], [[Idaho]], it flows south into [[Elko County, Nevada|Elko County]], [[Nevada]], and loops back around into Cassia County, briefly crossing [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]], [[Utah]], in the process.{{cite map|publisher=[[Benchmark Maps]]|title=Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas|edition=2nd|year=2010|scale=1:250,000|pages=84–85|isbn=978-0-929591-06-3|oclc=567571371}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.agri.idaho.gov/Categories/Environment/water/waterPDF/swreports/GooseCreekReport.pdf |page=1 |title=Goose Creek Water Quality Monitoring Report |publisher=Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts |date=March 2006 |accessdate=July 17, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111182840/http://www.agri.idaho.gov/Categories/Environment/water/waterPDF/swreports/GooseCreekReport.pdf |archivedate=November 11, 2010 }} Goose Creek has a {{convert|1120|mi2|km2|sigfig=4|adj=on}} watershed. 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.{{cite web|title=California Trail|publisher=Trails West|url=http://emigranttrailswest.org/virtual-tour/california-trail/|accessdate=October 24, 2014}} |
'''Goose Creek''' is a {{convert|123|mi|km|sigfig=3|adj=on}} long [[tributary]] of the [[Snake River]]. Beginning at an elevation of {{convert|7239|ft|m|sigfig=4}} in the Cassia Division of the [[Sawtooth National Forest]] in southwestern [[Cassia County, Idaho|Cassia County]], [[Idaho]], it flows south into [[Elko County, Nevada|Elko County]], [[Nevada]], and loops back around into Cassia County, briefly crossing [[Box Elder County, Utah|Box Elder County]], [[Utah]], in the process.{{cite map|publisher=[[Benchmark Maps]]|title=Idaho Road and Recreation Atlas|edition=2nd|year=2010|scale=1:250,000|pages=84–85|isbn=978-0-929591-06-3|oclc=567571371}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.agri.idaho.gov/Categories/Environment/water/waterPDF/swreports/GooseCreekReport.pdf |page=1 |title=Goose Creek Water Quality Monitoring Report |publisher=Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts |date=March 2006 |accessdate=July 17, 2013 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111182840/http://www.agri.idaho.gov/Categories/Environment/water/waterPDF/swreports/GooseCreekReport.pdf |archivedate=November 11, 2010 }} Goose Creek has a {{convert|1120|mi2|km2|sigfig=4|adj=on}} watershed. 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.{{cite web|title=California Trail|publisher=Trails West|url=http://emigranttrailswest.org/virtual-tour/california-trail/|accessdate=October 24, 2014}} |
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The stream was named for the [[goose|geese]] along its course.{{cite book|last=Rees|first=John E.|title=Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-MUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76|year=1918|publisher=W.B. Conkey Company|page=76}} |
The stream was named for the [[goose|geese]] along its course.{{cite book|last=Rees|first=John E.|title=Idaho Chronology, Nomenclature, Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-MUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA76|year=1918|publisher=W.B. Conkey Company|page=76}} The stream gives its name to the [[Goose Creek Mountains]]. |
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[[File:2014-10-20 12 58 46 View southwest up Goose Creek from Goose Creek Road (Elko County Route 762) about 16.8 miles east of Little Goose Creek in Elko County, Nevada.JPG|thumb|none|Goose Creek in [[Elko County, Nevada|Elko County]], [[Nevada]]]] |
[[File:2014-10-20 12 58 46 View southwest up Goose Creek from Goose Creek Road (Elko County Route 762) about 16.8 miles east of Little Goose Creek in Elko County, Nevada.JPG|thumb|none|Goose Creek in [[Elko County, Nevada|Elko County]], [[Nevada]]]] |
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