Bishop Creek (Inyo County)

Bishop Creek
North Fork Bishop Creek in the Fall
Map
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates37°15′57″N 118°34′41″W / 37.26583°N 118.57806°W / 37.26583; -118.57806
 • elevation7,400 feet (2,300 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Owens River
 • elevation
4,482 feet (1,366 m)
Discharge 
 • average95 cubic feet per second (2.7 m3/s)
Bishop Creek is also a dated variant of Baxter Creek in Richmond/El Cerrito, California

Bishop Creek is a 10.1-mile-long (16.3 km)[1] stream in Inyo County, California. It is the largest tributary of the Owens River. It has five hydroelectric plants owned by Southern California Edison, Bishop Creek #2–6. Bishop Creek #1 was never completed. Parts of the creek run through pipelines, or penstocks, to increase output at the power plants.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 17, 2011