Quartzville Creek
| Quartzville Creek | |
 Flowing through the forest
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| Name origin: former gold-mining town in the creek's watershed | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Linn |
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| - location | Willamette National Forest, Cascade Range |
| - elevation | 4,094 ft (1,248 m) |
| - coordinates | 44°34′20″N 122°07′38″W / 44.57222°N 122.12722°W |
| Mouth | Middle Santiam River |
| - location | Green Peter Reservoir |
| - elevation | 1,014 ft (309 m) |
| - coordinates | 44°28′34″N 122°30′04″W / 44.47611°N 122.50111°WCoordinates: 44°28′34″N 122°30′04″W / 44.47611°N 122.50111°W |
| Length | 28 mi (45 km) |
| Basin | 171 sq mi (443 km2) |
| Discharge | for 10 miles (16 km) north of Cascadia at river mile 6.6 |
| - average | 652 cu ft/s (18 m3/s) |
| - max | 23,700 cu ft/s (671 m3/s) |
| - min | 14 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
  Location of the mouth of Quartzville Creek in Oregon
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Quartzville Creek is a 28-mile (45 km) tributary of the Middle Santiam River in Linn County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is paralleled by the Quartzville Back Country Byway and used for recreation, including camping, fishing, hunting, kayaking, and gold panning. The lower 12 miles (19 km) of the creek, from the Willamette National Forest boundary to Green Peter Reservoir, was designated Wild and Scenic in 1988.
The creek, beginning at an elevation of about 4,100 feet (1,200 m) between Pinnacle and Gordon peaks in the Cascade Range, flows generally west and southwest through Willamette National Forest. In its upper reaches, it receives Butte and Bruler creeks from the right, Freezeout Creek from the , Beabe Creek from the left, Little Meadows Creek from the , Gregg and McQuade creeks from the left, then Gold Creek from the right. In the next stretch, Green, Savage, and Galena creeks enter from the left. Below Galena Creek, Quartzville Creek leaves the national forest and Canal Creek enters from the right. One of Canal Creek's tributaries, Dry Gulch, drains the former Quartzville townsite for which Quartzville Creek is named.
Downstream of Canal Creek, the creek is followed on the right by Quartzville Road. Along this stretch, Yellowbottom Creek enters from the right at Yellowbottom Campground. Shortly thereafter, the creek turns sharply south and receives Packers Gulch from the right. Further downstream, Boulder Creek enters from the left, then Yellowstone and Four Bit creeks, both from the right. Thereafter, Quartzville Creek reaches the Dogwood Picnic Area, on the right, and Cascade Falls, on a minor tributary to the left. The creek then flows by a stream gauge maintained by the United States Geological Survey 6.6 miles (10.6 km) from the mouth. Here Panther Creek enters from the right.
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