Sharps Creek (Oregon)

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Coordinates: 43°41′44″N 122°50′17″W / 43.69556°N 122.83806°W / 43.69556; -122.83806
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For other places with the same name, see Sharps Creek.
Sharps Creek
Sharps Creek (Oregon) is located in Oregon
Sharps Creek (Oregon)
Location of the mouth of Sharps Creek in Oregon
EtymologyFor 19th-century miner James H. "Bohemia" Sharp
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Physical characteristics
SourceBohemia Mountain
 • locationCascade Range, Umpqua National Forest
 • coordinates43°34′10″N 122°39′39″W / 43.56944°N 122.66083°W / 43.56944; -122.66083[1]
 • elevation5,317 ft (1,621 m)[2]
Calapooia Divide of the Cascade Range and flows generally northwest to meet the river. Much of its course lies within the Umpqua National Forest.[3] Sharps Creek enters the Row River at the unincorporated community of Culp Creek, about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Cottage Grove.[1]

According to

placer gold in the creek in 1858. Johnson was nicknamed "Bohemia" because he had grown up in Bohemia in eastern Europe. He and other miners organized the Bohemia Gold and Silver Mining District (later referred to as the Bohemia mining district) in 1867.[6]

The Sharps Creek Recreation Site, overseen by the Bureau of Land Management, is along the creek 18 miles (29 km) from Cottage Grove. Open usually from mid-May through the end of September, it has a day use area, 11 campsites, potable water, toilets, picnic tables and fire rings, and a swimming hole. Recreational activities near the site include fishing, hiking, wildlife viewing, and gold panning.[7]

Tributaries

Named tributaries listed from source to mouth include Bohemia Creek, which enters from the right; Judson Rock Creek, right; Fairview Creek, right; Sailors Gulch, left; Martin Creek, left, and White Creek, right. Also, Walker Creek, left; Buck Creek, left; Lick Creek, right; Staples Creek, right; Pony Creek, right; Table Creek, left; Damewood Creek, left, and Boulder Creek, left.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Sharps Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. ^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  3. ^ a b "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 10, 2015 – via ACME Mapper.
  4. Eugene Register-Guard
    . January 4, 1942. p. 5. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  5. ISBN 0-87595-277-1
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  6. ISBN 0-7872-6608-6
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  7. ^ "Sharps Creek Recreation Site" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
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