Description
10 mi. long; heads in Malheur National Forest/Strawberry Mountain Wilderness; flows NNE then NNW into the City of Prairie City to enter the John Day River; Secs. 11,14,13,24,25&36, T13S, R33E, Secs. 6,7&18,T14S,R34E & Secs. 13,24&25, T14S, R33E, Willamette Meridian
History
Named for Phillip T. Sharp, who in 1872 homesteaded on 160 acres near the mouth of the stream. The variant name Nikéemex̣š Creek is from the language of the Umatilla Tribes, reportedly means "rough interiors"