Dry Creek (Sonoma County, California)

Dry Creek
Lambert Bridge spanning Dry Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSonoma and Mendocino counties
Physical characteristics
SourceSnow Mountain
 • location6 mi (10 km) west of Hopland
 • coordinates38°55′55″N 123°13′2″W / 38.93194°N 123.21722°W / 38.93194; -123.21722[1]
 • elevation760 ft (230 m)
MouthRussian River
 • location
2 mi (3 km) south of Healdsburg, California
 • coordinates
38°35′10″N 122°51′26″W / 38.58611°N 122.85722°W / 38.58611; -122.85722[1]
 • elevation
82 ft (25 m)[1]

Dry Creek is a 43.0-mile-long (69.2 km)[2] stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Mendocino. It is a tributary of the Russian River, with headwaters in Mendocino County.

The Dry Creek Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area.

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2011