Yankee Fork | |
Country | United States |
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State | Idaho |
Source | Salmon River Mountains |
- elevation | 8,600 ft (2,621 m) |
- coordinates | 44°30′59″N 114°36′17″W / 44.51639°N 114.60472°W |
Mouth | Salmon River |
- location | Near Stanley |
- elevation | 5,915 ft (1,803 m) |
- coordinates | 44°16′11″N 114°44′04″W / 44.26972°N 114.73444°WCoordinates: 44°16′11″N 114°44′04″W / 44.26972°N 114.73444°W |
Length | 28 mi (45 km) |
Basin | 189 sq mi (490 km2) |
Discharge | for near Clayton, about 0.5 mi (0.80 km) from the mouth |
- average | 199 cu ft/s (6 m3/s) |
- max | 3,360 cu ft/s (95 m3/s) |
- min | 10 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
The Yankee Fork Salmon River is a 28-mile (45 km) tributary of the Salmon River in Custer County, Idaho in the United States. It originates in the Salmon River Mountains, in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, and flows south to its confluence at Sunbeam, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Stanley.