Clear Creek (Sacramento River)

For other streams named "Clear Creek" in California, see Clear Creek (disambiguation).
Clear Creek
Whiskeytown Lake on Clear Creek
Country United States
State California
Region Shasta Trinity
Tributaries
 - right Crystal Creek, Brandy Creek
Source Damnation Peak
 - location Trinity Mountains, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
 - elevation 5,080 ft (1,548 m)
 - coordinates 40°57′31″N 122°31′45″W / 40.95861°N 122.52917°W / 40.95861; -122.52917 [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°W / 40.50556; -122.36778Coordinates: 40°30′20″N 122°22′04″W / 40.50556°N 122.36778°W / 40.50556; -122.36778 [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 upper Sacramento River in northern California.

Geography

The creek is 60.6 miles (97.5 km) long,[2] flowing in southern Siskiyou County and northern Shasta County. Clear Creek is the first major Sacramento River tributary downstream of the Shasta Dam.

Clear Creek originates in the Trinity Mountains, between Shasta Lake and Trinity Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and flows into Whiskeytown Lake reservoir, impounded by Whiskeytown Dam. Past the reservoir, the stream bed continues south until its confluence with the Sacramento River. The Spring Creek Tunnel bypasses that section and delivers water from Whiskeytown Lake directly to Keswick Reservoir, both part of the Central Valley Project.

History

The site along Clear Creek where Pierson B. Reading discovered gold in 1848 was declared a California Historical Landmark.[5]

References


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