Silver Creek (Marion County, Oregon)
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Silver Creek is a
stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
, about long, in Marion County,
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, United States. It is a tributary of the
Pudding River The Pudding River is a tributary of the Molalla River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its drainage basin covers . Among its tributaries are Silver Creek, Butte Creek, Abiqua Creek, and the Little Pudding River. Historically, the Pudding River flo ...
and originates in
Silver Falls State Park Silver Falls State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, located near Silverton, about east-southeast of Salem. It is the largest state park in Oregon with an area of more than , and it includes more than of walking trails, of h ...
in the
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foothills above the cities Silverton and
Stayton Stayton is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, located southeast of the state capital, Salem, on Oregon Route 22. It is south of Sublimity and east of Aumsville. Located on the North Santiam River, Stayton is a regional agricultu ...
.


Course

Silver Creek originates in the northwestern part of Silver Falls State Park at the confluence of its North and South Forks. From there the stream flows north-northwest through Silver Creek Canyon and into the
Silverton Reservoir Silver Creek Reservoir also known as Silverton Reservoir is a impoundment on Silver Creek located in the Cascade foothills southeast of the city of Silverton, Oregon, United States on Oregon Route 214. The reservoir serves the purpose of fl ...
. It continues out of the canyon from that point for and through the city of Silverton, running parallel to Oregon State Highway 214 until it veers due west at North Water Street in Silverton. It runs for another to its confluence with the Pudding River.


See also

*
List of rivers of Oregon This is a partial listing of rivers in the state of Oregon, United States. This list of Oregon rivers is organized alphabetically and by tributary structure. The list may also include streams known as creeks, brooks, forks, branches and prongs, a ...
*
Oregon Garden The Oregon Garden is an botanical garden and tourist attraction in Silverton, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1999, it is home to over 20 gardens including the Rose Garden, Children's Garden and Silverton Market Garden. It is open 365 days a ye ...
, which was designed, in part, to divert Silverton's sewage effluent from the creek.


References


External links


Pudding River Watershed Council

Marion Soil and Water Conservation District
{{authority control Rivers of Oregon Rivers of Marion County, Oregon