Crescent Creek

Image source: U.S. Forest Service - Pacific Northwest Region

General data

Name: Crescent Creek
Water system: Columbia River
Water type: River
Progression: Little Deschutes River -> Deschutes River -> Columbia River -> Columbia River Estuary -> Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Crescent Creek is a 30-mile (48 km) tributary of the Little Deschutes River in Klamath County in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Beginning at Crescent Lake on the eastern flank of the Cascade Range, the river flows generally east through parts of the Deschutes National Forest to meet the Little Deschutes between Crescent and La Pine.

A 10-mile (16 km) stretch of Crescent Creek was named part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in 1988. Designated "recreational", the segment below Crescent Lake flows through a narrow canyon and a forest of old-growth pine.

One of Crescent Creek's tributaries, Big Marsh Creek, is also part of the wild rivers system.

The upper 12 miles (19 km) of the Little Deschutes is part of the system too.

The creek supports native rainbow trout, non-native brown trout and brook trout, and other species. The healthy and remote riparian zone along the upper creek supports a diversity of grasses, sedges, willows, and many species of birds, mammals, and amphibians.

Crescent Creek

General data

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