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The major tributaries to the North Fork Clearwater River are (proceeding downstream) Kelly Creek, [8] the Little North Fork Clearwater River, [9] and Elk Creek. [ 10 ] On average, streamflow in the North Fork is approximately 5,200 cubic feet per second (150 m 3 /s), ranging from 1,000 cubic feet per second (28 m 3 /s) to over 30,000 cubic feet ...
The river is a popular fly fishing and outdoor tourism destination. [ 2 ] The Crystal River remains one of the few rivers in Colorado that is undammed along its length, making the segments that are upstream of large ranching irrigation diversions outside of Carbondale eligible for federal Wild and Scenic River protection.
In 1957, Mummy Cave was rediscovered by a local resident on the north side of the North Fork Shoshone River, adjacent to U.S. Routes 14/16/20, 15 mi (24 km) east of Yellowstone National Park. [8] Subsequent archeological excavations in the 1960s produced evidence that the cave had been occupied for over 9,000 years. [9]
The Shoshone River is a 100-mile (160 km) long river in northern Wyoming in the United States. Its headwaters are in the Absaroka Range in Shoshone National Forest. It ends when it runs into the Big Horn River near Lovell, Wyoming. Cities it runs near or through are Cody, Powell, Byron, and Lovell.
Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Shoshone River. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 4,830 feet (1,470 meters) above North Fork Shoshone River in four miles (6.4 km) and the east aspect rises 2,000 feet (610 meters) above Jim Creek in one mile (1.6 km).
The North Fork Dam can be seen beyond a clearwell storage tank at the North Fork Water Treatment Plant in Asheville, Monday November 11, 2024. The spillway activates at 7.5-feet above full pool ...
In 1890 42,000 fingerlings were planted in Lewis Lake and Shoshone Lake at the time, barren of fish because of Lewis Falls. [18] Sometime thereafter, they were also introduced into Heart Lake. Lake trout over 30 pounds (14 kg) have been caught in Lewis, Shoshone and Heart lakes. The park record is 42 pounds (19 kg) from Heart Lake in 1931. [19]
In descending order of land area St. Joe National Forest is located in parts of Shoshone, Latah, Clearwater, and Benewah counties. It has a total area of 867,882 acres (3,512 km 2 ). [ 1 ] \