Santa Rosa Creek

Santa Rosa Creek
Middle reach of Santa Rosa Creek
Santa Rosa Creek is located in California
Santa Rosa Creek
Location of the mouth of Santa Rosa Creek in California
EtymologySpanish
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSonoma County
CitySanta Rosa
Physical characteristics
SourceHood Mountain
 • location5 km (3 mi) west of St. Helena, California
 • coordinates38°31′10″N 122°32′56″W / 38.51944°N 122.54889°W / 38.51944; -122.54889[1]
 • elevation1,940 ft (590 m)
MouthLaguna de Santa Rosa
 • coordinates
38°27′5″N 122°50′3″W / 38.45139°N 122.83417°W / 38.45139; -122.83417[1]
 • elevation
49 ft (15 m)
Length22 mi (35 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftMatanzas Creek
 • rightPiner Creek, Brush Creek
Santa Rosa Creek
and trail system
Hood Mountain
California 12.svg SR 12
Melita Road
Annadel State Park
Spring Lake
Montgomery Drive
Mission Boulevard
Brush Creek
Yulupa Avenue
California 12.svg SR 12 Farmers Lane
Alderbrook Drive
Talbot Avenue
Montgomery Drive
Matanzas Creek
Brookwood Avenue
E Street
City Hall
Santa Rosa Avenue
Prince Greenway
A Street
US 101 (1961 cutout).svg US 101
Convention Center
Railroad Street
SMART
Joe Rodota Trail
West 3rd Street
Peterson Street
North Dutton Avenue
Stony Point Road
Fulton Road
Piner Creek
Peterson Creek
Weldon Creek
Willowside Road
Laguna de Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa Creek is a 22-mile-long (35 km) stream in Sonoma County, California, which rises on Hood Mountain and discharges to the Laguna de Santa Rosa by way of the Santa Rosa Flood Control Channel.[2] This article covers both the creek and the channel.

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Santa Rosa Creek
  2. ^ Santa Rosa Quadrangle, Fifteen minute series, USGS Quadrangle Map, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC (1958)