North Fork Crooked River
| North Fork Crooked River | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Oregon |
| County | Crook |
| Source | Ochoco National Forest |
| - location | Ochoco Mountains |
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| Mouth | Crooked River |
| - location | between Post and Paulina |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [1] |
| Length | 46 mi (74 km) [2] |
| Basin | 323 sq mi (837 km2) [2] |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 368 cu ft/s (10 m3/s) [2] |
  Location of the mouth of North Fork Crooked River in Oregon
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The North Fork Crooked River is a tributary, 46 miles (74 km) long, of the Crooked River in the U.S. state of Oregon.[2] Beginning in the Ochoco National Forest and the Ochoco Mountains east of Prineville, it flows north, then east, then south-southwest to meet the larger stream between Post and Paulina. The confluence is 111 miles (179 km) upstream of where the Crooked River flows into the Deschutes River.[3]
In 1988, Congress added a large fraction of the river to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. About 12 miles (19 km) were designated "wild", about 8 miles (13 km) "scenic", and about 13 miles (21 km) "recreational".[4] About 8 miles (13 km) of the upper river flowing through Big Summit Prairie was excluded from the Wild Rivers designation. It is private land used as livestock pasture.[5]
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