Clear Creek (Sacramento River tributary)

Clear Creek
Whiskeytown Lake on Clear Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionShasta Trinity
Physical characteristics
SourceDamnation Peak
 • locationTrinity Mountains, Shasta-Trinity National Forest
 • coordinates40°57′31″N 122°31′45″W / 40.95861°N 122.52917°W / 40.95861; -122.52917[1]
 • elevation5,080 ft (1,550 m)
MouthSacramento River
 • location
Girvan
 • coordinates
40°30′20″N 122°22′04″W / 40.50556°N 122.36778°W / 40.50556; -122.36778[1]
 • elevation
415 ft (126 m)
Length60.6 mi (97.5 km)[2]
Basin size249 sq mi (640 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationFrench Gulch, above Whiskeytown Lake[4]
 • average211 cu ft/s (6.0 m3/s)[4]
 • minimum2.07 cu ft/s (0.059 m3/s)
 • maximum14,600 cu ft/s (410 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightCrystal Creek, Brandy Creek

Clear Creek (Ínaam in Karuk) is a tributary of the upper Sacramento River in northern California.[5]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clear Creek
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NHD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Clear Creek Watershed | Sacramento River Watershed Program". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14.
  4. ^ a b "USGS Surface Water data for USA: USGS Surface-Water Monthly Statistics".
  5. ^ "Clear Creek Watershed – Sacramento River Watershed Program". sacriver.org.