Homestake Creek
| Homestake Creek | |
|---|---|
The creek in the Homestake Valley | |
Location of Homestake Creek's mouth in Colorado | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Confluence of East Fork Homestake Creek and Middle Fork Homestake Creek |
| • coordinates | 39°22′28.74″N 106°27′30.32″W / 39.3746500°N 106.4584222°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Eagle River |
• coordinates | 39°30′26.35″N 106°22′42.18″W / 39.5073194°N 106.3783833°W |
• elevation | 8,573 feet (2,613 meters) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Eagle, Colorado |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Middle Fork Homestake Creek, Missouri Creek, French Creek, Whitney Creek, Girard Creek |
| • right | East Fork Homestake Creek |
Homestake Creek is a tributary of the Eagle River in Eagle County, Colorado. Homestake Dam impounds one of the creek's tributaries, Middle Fork Homestake Creek. Homestake Creek itself begins just below the dam, at the confluence of its east and middle forks.