The South Fork Crooked River is a tributary, long, of the Crooked River in the U.S. state of

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. Starting southeast of

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in Deschutes County, the South Fork flows east from near Ram Lake (dry). It passes under

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at Hampton, then continues east and north for about before entering Crook County. Shortly thereafter, east of

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, it receives Buck Creek from the

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and then passes through Logan Reservoir. Flowing north, it receives Sand Hollow Creek from the

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, then Twelvemile Creek from the right before crossing under

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(Southeast Paulina Highway). Just north of the highway, the river joins Beaver Creek to form the Crooked River from its confluence with the

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. The relevant map quadrangles from mouth to source include Liggett Table, Sand Hollow, G I Ranch, Misery Flat, Hampton, West of Hampton, and Imperial Valley South. The South Fork Crooked River drains a sparsely populated basin of . About 75 percent of the basin is

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; the rest is a mixture of forests, pasture, and hay fields. Precipitation varies from less than near the river's source to as much as in the

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on the northeastern edge of the watershed.

References

{{authority control Rivers of Crook County, Oregon Rivers of Deschutes County, Oregon Rivers of Oregon

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