Clear Creek (Sacramento River)
For other streams named "Clear Creek" in California, see Clear Creek (disambiguation).
| Clear Creek | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | California |
| Tributaries | |
| - right | Crystal Creek, Brandy Creek |
| Source | Damnation Peak |
| - location | Trinity Mountains, Shasta National Forest |
| - elevation | 5,080 ft (1,548 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°57′31″N 122°31′45″W / 40.95861°N 122.52917°W [1] |
| Mouth | Sacramento River |
| - location | Girvan |
| - elevation | 415 ft (126 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°30′20″N 122°22′04″W / 40.50556°N 122.36778°WCoordinates: 40°30′20″N 122°22′04″W / 40.50556°N 122.36778°W [1] |
| Length | 60.6 mi (98 km) [2] |
| Basin | 249 sq mi (645 km2) [3] |
| Discharge | for French Gulch, above Whiskeytown Lake |
| - average | 211 cu ft/s (6 m3/s) [4] |
| - max | 14,600 cu ft/s (413 m3/s) |
| - min | 2.07 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
Clear Creek (Ínaam in Karuk) is a tributary of the Sacramento River. It is 60.6 miles (97.5 km) long[2] and is the first major tributary downstream of the Shasta Dam. The creek originates between Shasta Lake and Trinity Lake and drains into Whiskeytown Lake, which is formed by Whiskeytown Dam. Past the lake, the creek continues south until it joins with the Sacramento River. The Spring Creek Tunnel bypasses that leg and connects Whiskeytown Lake directly to Keswick Reservoir.
The site along Clear Creek where Pierson B. Reading discovered gold in 1848 was declared a California Historical Landmark.[5]
References
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clear Creek
- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 10, 2011
- ↑ http://www.sacriver.org/aboutwatershed/roadmap/watersheds/westside/clear-creek-watershed
- ↑ http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/monthly/?referred_module=sw&site_no=11371000&por_11371000_2=2209235,00060,2,1950-10,1993-09&format=html_table&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=parameter_selection_list
- ↑ "Clear Creek". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
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