Deer Creek (Nevada County, California)

This article is about the stream running through Nevada City, California. For other uses, see Deer Creek (disambiguation).

Deer Creek is a stream that flows through the Sierra Nevada Range in Northern California, USA.[1] The 34 miles (55 km) stream begins above Scotts Flat Lake in the alpine region in the Tahoe National Forest, continues through the middle of downtown Nevada City, is a tributary to Lake Wildwood and ends as it enters the Yuba River below Englebright Lake.

Deer Creek in 2011

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe advisory for any fish caught in Deer Creek due to elevated levels of mercury.[2]

  1. ^ Sierra Streams Institute - Friends of Deer Creek
  2. ^ Admin, OEHHA (2018-09-13). "Deer Creek". OEHHA. Retrieved 2018-11-06.