Battle Creek (California)
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| Battle Creek | |
| River | |
 Battle Creek
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| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | South Fork Battle Creek, Spring Branch |
| - right | North Fork Battle Creek |
| Source | Confluence of North Fork and South Fork |
| - location | Near Shingletown |
| - elevation | 868 ft (265 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°25′23″N 121°59′49″W / 40.42306°N 121.99694°W |
| Mouth | Sacramento River |
| - location | Southeast of Anderson |
| - elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°21′19″N 122°10′33″W / 40.35528°N 122.17583°W |
| Length | 47 mi (76 km) [1] |
| Basin | 365 sq mi (945 km2) |
| Discharge | for USGS gage #11376550, 5.7 miles (9.2 km) from the mouth |
| - average | 501 cu ft/s (14 m3/s) |
| - max | 24,700 cu ft/s (699 m3/s) |
| - min | 102 cu ft/s (3 m3/s) |
Battle Creek is a 16.6-mile-long (26.7 km)[2] creek located in Tehama County, California. It is a major tributary to the Sacramento River.
The creek is part of a $67 million dollar Chinook salmon restoration project, a PG&E Battle Creek Hydroelectric Project. Many adjacent properties hold conservation easements protecting them from development.[3]
In addition to the Chinook salmon, the creek has steelhead trout, rainbow trout, and brown trout.
[edit] References
- ^ Including the South Fork
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 10, 2011
- ^ [1]
[edit] External links
- http://www.usbr.gov/mp/battlecreek/public.html
- http://www.battle-creek.net/restoration.html
- http://www.dfg.ca.gov/news/news07/07027.html
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