Mill Creek | |
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![]() Beaver dam on Mill Creek in Lundy Canyon | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Mono and Tuolumne County |
City | Mono City |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Cascade |
• location | Sierra Nevada |
• coordinates | 37°59′06″N 119°18′29″W / 37.9849°N 119.3081°W |
• elevation | 10,400 ft (3,200 m) |
Mouth | Mono Lake |
• location | Mono City, California |
• coordinates | 38°00′58″N 119°07′42″W / 38.01611°N 119.12833°W[1] |
• elevation | 6,378 ft (1,944 m) |
Length | 14.5 mi (23.3 km) |
Basin size | 24.7 sq mi (64 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | Below Lundy Lake[2] |
• average | 25.6 cu ft/s (0.72 m3/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | South Fork Mill Creek,[3] Deer Creek (Tehama County, California) |
Mill Creek is a 14.5-mile-long (23.3 km)[4] perennial stream that flows east from the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range into Mono Lake, in Mono County, California. It courses through Lundy Canyon[5] and Lundy Lake, before passing through Mono City, California on its way to Mono Lake.