Major Rivers, Streams & Creeks

Kootenai River Drainage
& Lake Koocanusa

Tobacco River flows in at Rexford Creeks flowing west into Koocanusa:  
• Pinkam
• Sutton
• McGuire
• Ten Mile
• Five Mile
• Warland
• Cripple Horse
• Canyon
• Dunn

Creeks flowing east into Koocanusa:
• Young    
• Dodge
• Sullivan
• Boulder
• Gold
• Big
• Parsnip
• Ural
• Bristow
• Barron
• Jackson
• Souse
• Alexander  (at dam)

Fisher River flows into Kootenai at Blackwell Flats Creeks flowing west into the Fisher River:
• Butler
• Alder
• Cody
• Cow
• Snell
• McKillop
• Smoke
• Brulee
• Hunter
• Sedlak

Creeks flowing east into Fisher River:
• Peoples
• Buck
• Doe
• Fawn
• Pecolet
• Brush
• Harris
• Leckrone
• Tepee
• Spring
• Schrieber
• Miller
• West Fisher Creek

Pleasant Valley/Fisher River     East Fisher and Silver Butte Creek flow into Fisher

Libby Creek flows into Kootenai — 
east Cabinet creeks draining into Libby Creek which drains into Kootenai:
• Ramsey
• Poorman
• Cable
• Bear
• Big Cherry
• Snowshoe
• Leigh
• Smearl
• Deep
• Snow
• Granite
• Shaughnessy
• Prospect
• Flower
• Parmenter
• Cedar
• Williams

Drainages west into Libby Creek into Kootenai:
• Coyote
• Tepee
• Cowell
• Elliot
• Swede

Vermilion River drains into Clark Fork River Creeks draining into Vermilion from south:
• Freezeout
• Ice
• Frosty
• Bear
• Grouse
• Cataract

Creeks flowing into Vermilion from north:
• Willow
• Spring
• Sims
• Lyons
• Canyon

Pleasant Valley/Fisher River     East Fisher and Silver Butte Creek flow into Fisher — cont.

Major drainages into Clark Fork River; Noxon Reservoir; Cabinet Gorge Reservoir — Draining northeast Creeks
• Beaver
• White
• Pine
• Trout
• Marten
• Pilgrim
• Elk

Drainages southwest into CFR; NR; and CGR:
• Blue
• Big Eddy
• Blacktail
• Dead Horse
• Swamp
• McKay
• Rock
• Government

Bull River drains into Cabinet Gorge Reservoir & Clark Fork River

Draining west:
• Basin
• Copper
• East Fork Bull River
• Berray
• South Fork of Bull River
• Middle Fork Bull River
• North Fork Bull River

Draining east:
• Napoleon Gulch
• Star Gulch
• Hamilton Gulch
• Dry Creek
• Smokey Creek

Bull Lake Drainages

Drains west from Cabinet Mountains:
• Noggle
• Upham
• Payne

Drains East from Scotchman Peaks:
• Ross Creek
• Weasel Gulch
• Emma Gulch

Lake Creek drains north from Bull Lake into Kootenai River Drainages, west into Lake Creek:
• Spring
• Camp
• Porcupine
• Twin
• Felix
• Swanson
• Falls Creek

Drainages east from Scotchman Peaks into Lake Creek:
• Thicket
• North Fork Keeler
• Keeler
• South Fork Keeler
• Copper
• Iron Creek

Drainages flowing northeast from Scotchman Peaks (Idaho) into Kootenai River near Troy, Montana:
• Callahan
• Brush
• Ruby
• Star

Drainages from north of Libby, Montana flowing south into Kootenai River:
• Rainy Creek
• Pipe Creek
• Bobtail
• Quartz
• West Fork Quartz
• Dad
• Burrel
• China
• Lynx
• O’Brien

Yaak River drains into Kootenai River northwest of Troy, Montana — Main Drainages flowing west into Yaak River:
• Kilbrennan Creek
• Arbo
• Seventeen Mile
• Independence Creek
• Burnt
• Pheasant Creek

Bull Lake Drainages — cont.

Main Drainages flowing east-northeast & southeast into Yaak River:
• Tepee Creek
• Pine
• Wampoo
• Fourth of July Creek
• Cyclone Creek
• Red Top
• Meadow
• North Fork of Meadow
• Hellroaring
• Spread
• Whitetail
• Pete Creek
• Hensley
• Lap
• Waper

West Fork of Yaak River:
• Benefield
• Creek
• French

East Fork of the Yaak River     Draining south and west:
• Wood
• Blacktail
• Caribou
• Lime Creek
• Windy
• Solo Joe
• West Fork Creek
• Porcupine Creek

South Fork Yaak drains north from Flatiron Mountain main creeks flowing east into South Fork Yaak:
• Clay
• Dutch
• Zulu
• Kelsey
• Fowler
• Beaver

Pipe Creek Flows south from Flatiron Mountain into Kootenai River, East Fork Pipe flows southwest into Pipe Creek

Major creeks draining west into Pipe Creek:
• Shafer Creek
• Noisy
• Blue
• Rice
• Doak

Chain of Lakes drains west into Fisher River, McGregor Creek -McGregor Lake

Major creeks draining  south into Chain of Lakes:
• Twin Creek
• Lang
• Tullulah
• Boiling Springs
• Davis
Thompson River connects to Thompson Lakes

McGinnis Creek and Elk Creek drain into Pleasant Valley Fisher River (PVFR), Houghton Creek drains into PVFR

Major creeks draining southwest into Tobacco River:
• Indian
• Sinclair
• Therrialt
• Graves
• Fortine - Fortine, Montana
• Murphy - Murphy Lake, Montana

Wolf Creek drains into Fisher River Main Creeks, draining south and southeast into Wolf Creek

Sunday Creek to Stillwater River near Stryker, Montana,     Little Wolf Creek drains into Wolf Creek
• Weigal
• Dry Fork Creek
• Syrup
• Backus
• Richards Creek
• Ariana Creek

Main creeks draining north and west into Wolf Creek:
• Brush Creek
• Sinclair
• Calx
• Tamarack
• Kavalla
Island Creek drains into Pleasant Valley Fisher River from Island Lake, Little Bitterroot River drains south from Little Bitterroot Lake

Summary:  Estimated 20 Rivers
Estimated 225 Major Creeks    
Brian Baxter 2016*  Source:  Kootenai Forest Map (2004 Issue*)