Powder River (Oregon)

Powder River (Oregon)
*Port-pel-lah*
Powder River (Oregon); Port-pel-lah
	The Powder River at Baker City
	Location of the mouth of the Powder River in Oregon
Native name	Polalle Illahe (Chinook jargon)
Location
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Region	Baker and Union counties
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of McCully Fork and Cracker Creek
• location	Sumpter, Oregon, in the Sumpter Valley Dredge State Heritage Area, Blue Mountains
• coordinates	44°44′30″N 118°12′22″W / 44.74167°N 118.20611°W
• elevation	4,400 ft (1,300 m)
Mouth	Brownlee Reservoir on the Snake River
• location	10 mi (16 km) east of Richland, Oregon
• coordinates	44°44′37″N 117°02′56″W / 44.74361°N 117.04889°W
• elevation	2,064 ft (629 m)
Length	153 mi (246 km)
Basin size	1,603 sq mi (4,150 km2)
Discharge
• average	534 cu ft/s (15.1 m3/s)
National Wild and Scenic River
Type	Scenic
Designated	October 28, 1988

The Powder River is a tributary of the Snake River, approximately 153 miles (246 km) long,^[2] in northeast Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Columbia Plateau on the eastern side of the Blue Mountains. It flows almost entirely within Baker County but downstream of the city of North Powder forms part of the border between Baker County and Union County.

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powder River
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 3, 2011
^ ^a ^b Palmer, Tim (2014). Field Guide to Oregon Rivers. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-87071-627-0.
^ "National Wild and Scenic Rivers System" (PDF). rivers.gov. National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved 2023-01-16.

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powder River

[NHD-2] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 3, 2011

[Palmer-3] Palmer, Tim (2014). Field Guide to Oregon Rivers. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-87071-627-0.

[4] "National Wild and Scenic Rivers System" (PDF). rivers.gov. National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved 2023-01-16.

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