Butte Creek (Oregon)
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| Name origin: Probably for Graves Butte, also known as Lone Tree Butte and, later, Mount Angel | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Marion, Clackamas |
| Source | Cascade Range |
| - location | Butte Basin, Santiam State Forest, Marion County, Oregon |
| - elevation | 3,550 ft (1,082 m) |
| - coordinates | 44°53′06″N 122°23′55″W / 44.88500°N 122.39861°W |
| Mouth | Pudding River |
| - location | near Woodburn, Clackamas County, Oregon |
| - elevation | 102 ft (31 m) |
| - coordinates | 45°09′38″N 122°46′23″W / 45.16056°N 122.77306°WCoordinates: 45°09′38″N 122°46′23″W / 45.16056°N 122.77306°W |
| Length | 33 mi (53 km) |
| Basin | 69 sq mi (179 km2) |
  Location of the mouth of Butte Creek in Oregon
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Butte Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Oregon, a tributary of the Pudding River. It is approximately 33 miles (53 km) long and, for all of its course, defines part of the northeastern boundary of Marion County and the southern boundary of Clackamas County.
Originating from the Panther Rock Ridge, its source is a remote portion of the Cascade Range designated as Santiam State Forest in Butte Basin, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Gates. Butte Basin contains Copper Lake and Butte Lakes at elevation 3,533 feet (1,077 m). The stream meanders slightly northwest through steep mountainous and heavily forested terrain for about two-thirds of its length.
It receives Camp Creek from the right at river mile 32.9, then Fill Creek (right, RM 32.6). It turns due west for the next two miles (3 km) and parallels South Gawley Ridge to the north and receives Rhody Creek (left, RM 31.8) which drains Rhody Lake, then Fibre Creek (left, RM 31.3) which drains Fibre Lake. Shortly before resuming a northwesterly course, it receives South Fork (left, RM 30.7). At river mile 29.3 it receives a short unnamed creek from the right at about elevation 2,450 feet (750 m). Butte Creek turns WSW for about a mile where it receives a two-mile (3 km) long unnamed creek from the left (RM 27.2), Kirk Creek (left, RM 26.8), then turns directly northwest. About a half mile later it drops over Butte Creek Falls, elevation 1,900 feet (580 m).
Over the next mile, it receives three small creeks all from the right including Looney Creek (RM 25.8). It passes over a gravel bar, then receives three small creeks in succession from the left in a fairly steep forest canyon. Afterward, the canyon widens somewhat, and a small creek which drains an agricultural plateau to the west enters from the left at RM 24.8, followed by Fall Creek (right, RM 23.9) where the canyon becomes a gentle valley. Between RM 20 and 21.3, the creek passes over a succession of sand or gravel bars, and at RM 19.5, the creek turns northward—except for a few small zigzags—for the next 4.5 miles (7.2 km). It receives Coal Creek (right, RM 17.5) by which time the creek is surrounded by moderately gentle, 1,000-foot (300 m) hills.
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