Trout Creek is a 51-mile (82km) long tributary of the Deschutes River in the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains approximately 692 square miles (1,792km2) of Crook, Jefferson, and Wasco counties. Arising in the Ochoco Mountains, it flows north and then west to its confluence with the Deschutes River.
Course
Trout Creek's headwaters are in the western Ochoco Mountains, northeast of Prineville. It flows north, gathering minor tributaries such as Auger Creek and Amity Creek. The creek turns northwest and then west near the ghost town of Ashwood, straddling the Jefferson/Wasco county line. It receives Antelope Creek on the right bank. Highway 97 crosses the creek near Willowdale. Several miles downstream, Trout Creek receives Hay and Mud Springs creeks on the left bank. It then flows into the Deschutes River 87 miles (140km) above its confluence with the Columbia River.
Watershed
Trout Creek drains 692 square miles (1,792km2) of central Oregon. Elevations range from 5,940 feet (1,810m) near the creek's headwaters to 1,283 feet (391m) at its mouth. The average precipitation in the watershed ranges from 8 to 10 inches (203 to 254mm) in the lower regions to 28 inches (711mm) in the mountains. Eighty-eight percent of the watershed is privately owned, while the remaining twelve percent is owned by the United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and United States Department of Agriculture. Eighty-six percent is rangeland, twelve percent is forested, two percent is used for agriculture, and less than one percent is urban or rural.
Trout Creek was an important fall camp for the Washo people who caught Mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni, formerly Coregonus williamsoni (Girard, 1856)) there. The Washo name Mathocahuw O'tha means "river of the whitefish". George and Adeline Fountain built a log cabin near the headwaters in 1860 and the area is referred to as "Fountain Place".
Watershed
Trout Creek originates south of Freel Peak in the Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada. It is joined by Saxon Creek in Lake Valley, then meets Cold Creek at Lake Christopher which was created by damming the creek, then after being joined by Heavenly Valley Creek, it enters Truckee Marsh and south Lake Tahoe. The fourth main tributary is Hidden Valley Creek. The only lake in the Trout Creek watershed is Star Lake. Trout Creek has a drainage area of 106 square kilometers, and the main channel length is approximately 19.5km long. The Cold Creek sub-basin drains a watershed area of 12.8 square miles (33km2) and originates at 10,884 feet (3,317m) at Freel Peak.
The creek is on Iowa’s list of “Outstanding Waters” and supports wild brown and rainbow trout, fish sensitive to water contamination ... in the creek, a prized trout fishery,” the release states.
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