Davenport Creek is a
stream
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in
Cache County,
Utah
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,
United States
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. It is also located within the
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and its
mouth
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is about southeast of
Avon.
The creek rises in the
Bear River Mountains
The Bear River Range (also known as the Bear River Mountains), is a mountain range located in northeastern Utah and southeastern Idaho in the western United States.
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Description
The range forms the eastern boundary of the Cache Valley. ...
(at a point about west of the
border
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with
Weber County) and flows briefly southwest. It then turns northwest and runs in that direction for most of its course before emptying into the
South Fork Little Bear River at a point immediately west of
Utah State Route 162.
(The Little Bear River in turn, flows roughly north-northeast, through the
Hyrum Reservoir
Hyrum State Park is a state park and reservoir in Cache County, Utah, United States.
Hyrum State Park is in the northeastern part of Utah. It lies at , and consists of surrounding a reservoir. The park is used for fishing, boating, camping ...
, until it reaches the
Bear River in the
Cutler Reservoir
Cutler Reservoir is a reservoir located in Cache Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. It is an impoundment on the Bear River built for irrigation, flood control, and water supply.
The concrete gravity-arch Cutler Dam, built in 1927, is located i ...
. The Bear River then flows south to the
Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particula ...
.) The main
tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...
of Davenport Creek are Pole Creek, Bald Head Creek, Smith Creek, and Fish Creek.
Davenport Creek was named for James Davenport, a lumberman.
See also
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List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by drainage basin, watershed.
Colorado River
The Colorado River is a major river in the Western United States, emptying into the Gulf of California. Rivers are list ...
References
Rivers of Cache County, Utah
Rivers of Utah
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