Bartlett Creek is a creek in
Lake County, California
Lake County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,163. The county seat is Lakeport. The county takes its name from Clear Lake, the dominant geographic fe ...
. It is a tributary of
North Fork Cache Creek
Cache Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 10, 2011 stream in Lake, Colusa and Yolo counties, California.
Course
Cache Creek starts at the outlet of Cle ...
.
Description
Bartlett Creek is a long tributary of North Fork Cache Creek.
Its mouth is at an elevation of .
A bridge crosses the creek about above its mouth.
At this point the creek undergoes a transition from a trout stream to a cyprinid and sucker stream.
The creek drains the Bartlett Management Area of the
Mendocino National Forest
The Mendocino National Forest is located in the Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California and comprises 913,306 acres (3,696 km2). It is the only national forest in the state of California without a major paved road entering it ...
.
The terrain is moderately steep and rugged, with elevations from .
The
Köppen climate classification
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is Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate.
Vegetation is mainly
chamise
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and
chaparral
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on the south slopes, and stands of timber on the ridgetops and north slopes.
Mineral springs
Bartlett Springs is near the head of Bartlett Creek.
The
Allen Springs are in the Bartlett Creek canyon below
Bartlett Springs on the road between
Williams and Bartlett Springs.
See also
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Rivers of Lake County, California
Rivers and creeks in Lake County, California are listed below by river basin and alphabetically.
Unless otherwise stated, the information is taken from the Geographic Names Information System maintained by the United States Geological Survey.
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Rivers of Lake County, California