McCloud River

McCloud River McLeod's Fork, McLoud River[1]
Middle McCloud Falls on the McCloud River
Location of the mouth of the McCloud River in California
Location
Country	United States
State	California
City	McCloud
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Southeast of Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, California
• coordinates	41°13′12″N 121°46′21″W / 41.22000°N 121.77250°W / 41.22000; -121.77250[2]
• elevation	4,677 ft (1,426 m)[3]
Mouth
• location	McCloud River Arm of Lake Shasta, Sacramento River, Shasta County, California
• coordinates	40°46′13″N 122°18′13″W / 40.77028°N 122.30361°W / 40.77028; -122.30361[2]
• elevation	1,066 ft (325 m)[2]
Length	77 mi (124 km)[4]
Basin size	674 sq mi (1,750 km2)[5]
Discharge
• location	near the mouth[6]
• average	775 cu ft/s (21.9 m3/s)[6]
• minimum	109 cu ft/s (3.1 m3/s)
• maximum	51,300 cu ft/s (1,450 m3/s)

The McCloud River is a 77.1-mile (124.1 km) long^[4] river that flows east of and parallel to the upper Sacramento River, in Siskiyou County and Shasta County in northern California in the United States. Protected under California's Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1972),^[7] it drains a scenic mountainous area of the Cascade Range, including part of Mount Shasta. It is a tributary of the Pit River, which in turn flows into the Sacramento River. The three rivers join in Shasta Lake, formed by Shasta Dam north of Redding.