Red Bank Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Cities | Red Bank, Red Bluff |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | California Coast Ranges |
• coordinates | 40°03′44″N 122°44′01″W / 40.06222°N 122.73361°W[1] |
• elevation | 5,201 ft (1,585 m) |
Mouth | Sacramento River |
• coordinates | 40°09′10″N 122°12′19″W / 40.15278°N 122.20528°W[1] |
• elevation | 256 ft (78 m) |
Length | 39 mi (63 km)[1] |
Basin size | 116.3 sq mi (301 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | near Red Bluff[3] |
• average | 49 cu ft/s (1.4 m3/s)[3] |
• minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
• maximum | 9,730 cu ft/s (276 m3/s) |
Red Bank Creek is a major stream in Tehama County, California, and a tributary of the Sacramento River. About 39 miles (63 km) long,[1] it originates in the foothills of the Coast Ranges, near the boundary of the Mendocino National Forest, and flows east across the Sacramento Valley to join the Sacramento River near Red Bluff. Red Bank Creek, like the other streams draining this part of the western Sacramento Valley, is a highly seasonal stream that flows only during the winter and spring.[4]
Old Red Bank Creek Bridge at Red Bluff was built by the Pacific Bridge Company in 1894.[5] According to a 1983 news article about a hazardous chemical spill into the creek following a 38-car railroad derailment stated "Red Bank Creek curls around the sprawling Diamond International lumber mill before emptying into the Sacramento River just above the Red Bluff Diversion Dam, where water is sent into the Tehama and Colusa canals".[6]
The creek was named for the reddish character of its clay banks.[7] The creek has also been known as Red Bluff Creek, Redbank Creek and Baranca Colorada (Spanish for "red canyon").[1]
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