Elder Creek is a major stream in

Tehama County, California Tehama County ( ; Wintun for "high water") is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,829. The county seat and largest city is Red Bluff. Tehama County comprises the ...

and a tributary of the

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. It originates at the confluence of its North, Middle and South Forks, which begin in the

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, and flows east to its confluence with the Sacramento River about a mile (1.6 km) east of Gerber and north of Tehama. Measured to the head of its longest tributary, the South Fork, Elder Creek has a total length of , draining a watershed of about . Like the other streams draining this part of the western Sacramento Valley, Elder Creek is a highly seasonal stream that flows only during the winter and spring. Elder Creek was so named for the

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trees lining its course. A variant name was Arroyo de los Saucos.

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{{reflist Rivers of Tehama County, California

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