watercourse
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams are ...
s (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...
are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so that tributaries entering nearest the sea appear first. Numbers in parentheses are
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...
feature identifiers.
Pacific Coast
Pacific coast may be used to reference any coastline that borders the Pacific Ocean.
Geography Americas
Countries on the western side of the Americas have a Pacific coast as their western or southwestern border, except for Panama, where the Pac ...
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
Bodega Head
Bodega Head is a small promontory on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States. It is located in Sonoma County at , approximately northwest of San Francisco and approximately west of Santa Rosa.
The peninsula, which is ap ...
, listed from north to south:
The Gualala River and its tributaries
*
Gualala River
The Gualala River is a river on the northern coast of California. Most of the river is in Sonoma County, but a portion is in Mendocino County. The headwaters of the river (measuring via its South Fork)U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography ...
(253221)
** North Fork (229679) – flows from Mendocino County.
** South Fork (235010)
***Big Pepperwood Creek (219227) – flows from Mendocino County.
***Rockpile Creek (231751) – flows from Mendocino County.
***Buckeye Creek (220029)
****Little Creek (227239)
****North Fork Buckeye Creek (229647)
*****Osser Creek (230143)
*****Roy Creek (231987)
****Soda Springs Creek (234853)
*** Wheatfield Fork (237594)
****Fuller Creek (223983)
*****Sullivan Creek (235693)
*****Boyd Creek (219738)
*****North Fork Fuller Creek (229676)
*****South Fork Fuller Creek (235005)
****Haupt Creek (225023)
****Tobacco Creek (236406)
****Elk Creek (223108)
**** House Creek (225688)
*****Soda Spring Creek (234845)
*****Allen Creek (218142)
*****Pepperwood Creek (230514)
******Danfield Creek (222007)
*******Cow Creek (221691)
******Jim Creek (226237)
******Grasshopper Creek (224470)
*****Britain Creek (219851)
*****Cedar Creek (220760)
****Wolf Creek (238086)
****Tombs Creek (236448)
***Marshall Creek (228139)
****McKenzie Creek (228391)
Northern Sonoma Coast
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between the Gualala and Russian Rivers, numbered from north to south:
#Deadman Gulch (222120)
#Cannon Gulch (220545)
#Chinese Gulch (221069)
#Phillips Gulch (230598)
#Miller Creek (228727)
#Warren Creek (237257)
#Wildcat Creek (237784)
#Stockhoff Creek (235498)
#Timber Cove Creek (236355)
#Kolmer Gulch (226673)
#Fort Ross Creek (223705)
#Russian Gulch Creek (1723332)
#*East Branch Russian Gulch (222861)
#**Middle Branch Russian Gulch (228574)
#**West Branch Russian Gulch (237436)
The Russian River and its tributaries
* Russian River (267200) – flows from Mendocino County.
**Willow Creek (237879)
**Sheephouse Creek (232916)
**Orrs Creek (230114)
**Freezeout Creek (223863)
**
Austin Creek
Austin Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 9, 2011 southward-flowing stream in the mountains of western Sonoma County, California which empties into th ...
(218466)
***Kohute Gulch (226672)
***Kidd Creek (226569)
***East Austin Creek (222846)
****Black Rock Creek (219403)
****Gilliam Creek (224171)
*****Schoolhouse Creek (232673)
****Thompson Creek (236259)
****Gray Creek (224517)
*****Lawhead Creek (234146)
****Devil Creek (222279)
****Conshea Creek (221468)
*****Tiny Creek (236385)
****Sulphur Creek (235703)
***Ward Creek (237225)
****Big Oat Creek (219223)
****Blue Jay Creek (219496)
****Pole Mountain Creek (230900)
***Bearpen Creek (218919)
***Red Slide Creek (231390)
**
Dutch Bill Creek
Dutch Bill Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 9, 2011 north-flowing stream in the hills of western Sonoma County, California, which empties into the Russi ...
(222756)
***Lancel Creek (226842)
****North Fork Lancel Creek (229689)
**Smith Creek (233315)
**Hulbert Creek (253871)
***Mission Creek (246001)
**Livereau Creek (227433)
**Fife Creek (223491)
***Redwood Creek (231420)
**Pocket Canyon (230836)
***Mays Canyon (228268)
**Hobson Creek (225380)
** Green Valley Creek (224576)
*** Atascadero Creek (218443)
***Purrington Creek (231100)
**
Mark West Creek
Mark West Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 stream that rises in the Mayacamas Mountains of Sonoma County, California, United States. Tributaries ...
(228118)
***
Windsor Creek
Windsor Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 9, 2011 southward-flowing stream in Sonoma County, California, United States, which rises near Healdsburg, Cali ...
(238013)
****Pool Creek (230927)
***
Laguna de Santa Rosa
The Laguna de Santa Rosa is a wetland complex that drains a watershed encompassing most of the Santa Rosa Plain in Sonoma County, California, United States.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a safe eat ...
Piner Creek
Piner Creek is a stream in northeast Santa Rosa, California, United States () which originates as an outlet of Fountaingrove Lake. Piner Creek discharges to Santa Rosa Creek which in turn joins the Laguna de Santa Rosa. The upper reaches in t ...
******Paulin Creek
*****
Santa Rosa Creek
Santa Rosa Creek is a 22-mile-long (35 km) stream in Sonoma County, California, which rises on Hood Mountain and discharges to the Laguna de Santa Rosa by way of the Santa Rosa Flood Control Channel. This article covers both the creek and t ...
(232563)
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Matanzas Creek
Matanzas Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 year-round stream in Sonoma County, California, United States, a tributary of Santa Rosa Creek.
Cour ...
(228216)
*******
Spring Creek
A spring creek is a type of free flowing river whose name derives from its origin: an underground spring or set of springs which produces sufficient water to consistently feed a unique river. The water flowing in a spring creek may additionally be ...
(235241)
*******South Fork Matanzas Creek (235025)
****** Brush Creek (231600)
******Salt Creek (232297)
****
Blucher Creek
Blucher Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 stream that rises in the hills south of Sebastopol, California, United States, and empties into the Lagun ...
Hinebaugh Creek
Hinebaugh Creek (Latitude: 38.35; Longitude:-122.73) is a westward-flowing stream in western Sonoma County within the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed. As this watercourse proceeds westerly through the city of Rohnert Park, it has largely been cha ...
(225359)
***** Crane Creek (221795)
**** Washoe Creek (237318)
*****Gossage Creek (224355)
**** Copeland Creek (221533)
***Porter Creek (230952)
***Humbug Creek (225753)
***Van Buren Creek (236996)
**Porter Creek (230951)
***Press Creek (231039)
** Dry Creek (222623) – flows from Mendocino County.
***West Slough
****
Foss Creek
Foss Creek is a rain-fed watercourse in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is considered a tributary of the Russian River.
Foss Creek traverses the city of Healdsburg, from north to south, originating near Passalacqua Road and flowing into Dry Cre ...
(1657225)
*****Norton Slough (1657226)
***Mill Creek (228686)
****Felta Creek (223436)
****Wallace Creek (237193)
****Palmer Creek (230265)
***Pine Ridge Canyon (230719)
***Kelley Creek (226456)
***Crane Creek (221794)
***Grape Creek (224441)
****Wine Creek (238037)
***Peña Creek (230478)
****Chapman Branch (220914)
****Boyer Creek (219744)
****Pechaco Creek (230457)
****Redwood Log Creek (231443)
***Dutcher Creek (222780)
***Fall Creek (223368)
***Schoolhouse Creek (232676)
***Warm Springs Creek (237246)
****Little Warm Springs Creek (227406)
****Picnic Creek (230623)
****Seven Oaks Creek (232821)
****Bear Creek (218806)
****Rancheria Creek (231215)
*****Little Rancheria Creek (234172)
****Strawberry Creek (235583)
****Little Strawberry Creek (227381)
****Willow Springs Creek (237952)
****Wild Cattle Creek (237748)
****Bearpen Creek (218918)
****Fall Creek (223365)
***Brush Creek (219923)
****Yorty Creek (238273)
***Smith Creek (233325)
***Cherry Creek (233660)
***Galloway Creek (224021) – flows from Mendocino County.
***Rail Creek (231170)
**
Maacama Creek
Maacama Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 stream in northern Sonoma County, California, United States, U.S.A., which empties into the Russian River ...
(227883)
***Franz Creek (223840)
****Bidwell Creek (219108)
***Redwood Creek (231421)
****Foote Creek (223653)
****Kellogg Creek (226462)
****Yellowjacket Creek (238248)
***Briggs Creek (219834)
****Little Briggs Creek (227202)
****Coon Creek (221498)
***McDonnell Creek (228350)
**Sausal Creek (232603)
***George Young Creek (224117)
***Burns Creek (220208)
***Grapevine Creek (224446)
**Gird Creek (224187)
**Miller Creek (228731)
**Gill Creek (224167)
**Crocker Creek (221835)
**Barrelli Creek (218695)
**Porterfield Creek (230956)
**Cloverdale Creek (221256)
**
Big Sulphur Creek
Big Sulphur Creek is a westward-flowing stream in northern Sonoma County, California, United States, which springs from The Geysers in the Mayacamas Mountains and runs to empty into the Russian River.
Course
The creek originates on Pine Moun ...
(254619)
***Little Sulphur Creek (227384)
****North Branch (229605)
****Lovers Gulch Creek (227735)
****Anna Belcher Creek (218287)
***Frasier Creek (223845) – flows from Mendocino County.
***Squaw Creek (235310)
****Alder Creek (218097) – flows from Mendocino County.
****Hummingbird Creek (225758) – flows from Mendocino County.
**Ash Creek (218427) – flows from Mendocino County.
Central Sonoma Coast
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between
Goat Rock Beach
Goat Rock Beach is a sand beach in northwestern Sonoma County, California, United States.
This landform is a sub-unit of Sonoma Coast State Beach, owned and managed by the State of California. At the northern terminus of Goat Rock Beach is the mou ...
and
Bodega Head
Bodega Head is a small promontory on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States. It is located in Sonoma County at , approximately northwest of San Francisco and approximately west of Santa Rosa.
The peninsula, which is ap ...
, numbered from north to south:
#Scotty Creek (232742)
#*Rough Creek (231923)
# Salmon Creek (232281)
#*Finley Creek (223507)
#*Coleman Valley Creek (221373)
#*Fay Creek (223419)
#*Tannery Creek (236018)
#*Nolan Creek (229570)
#*Thurston Creek (236333)
Bodega Bay
Bodega Bay ( es, BahÃa Bodega) is a shallow, rocky inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California in the United States. It is approximately across and is located approximately northwest of San Francisco and west of Santa Ros ...
Watercourses which feed into Bodega Bay, numbered clockwise from Bodega Head to Sand Point:
#Cheney Gulch (220937)
#Shorttail Gulch (233054)
#
Estero Americano
Americano Creek is a long westward-flowing stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin. It flows into the Estero Americano, a long estuary, and thence to the Pacific Ocean. This article covers both watercourses.
Course
Americano C ...
(223257)
#*Ebabias Creek (253711)
#* Americano Creek (254563)
#
Estero de San Antonio
Estero de San Antonio is a stream in the northern California counties of Marin and Sonoma which empties into Bodega Bay.
Course
The Estero springs just north of the Marin-Sonoma county line (from a hill overlooking Bloomfield, California) and ...
(253212)
#*
Stemple Creek
Stemple Creek is a long, westward-flowing stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin, which feeds into the Estero de San Antonio. Its waters ultimately reach Bodega Bay, part of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary o ...
(253932)
Marin
Marin (French) or MarÃn (Spanish "sailor") may refer to:
People
* Marin (name), including a list of persons with the given name or surname
* MaRin, in-game name of professional South Korean ''League of Legends'' player Jang Gyeong-hwan (born 19 ...
Coast
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in
Marin County
Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is acros ...
Watercourses which feed into Tomales Bay, numbered clockwise from Sand Point to Tomales Point:
# Walker Creek (255208)
#*Keys Creek (254852)
#*Chileno Creek (254740)
#*Frink Canyon (223952)
#*Verde Canyon (237053)
#*Salmon Creek (232280)
#*Arroyo Sausal (254577)
#Millerton Gulch (228754)
#Grand Canyon (224386)
#Tomasini Canyon (236446)
#
Lagunitas Creek
Lagunitas Creek is a -longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 27, 2017 northward-flowing stream in Marin County, California. It is critically important to the large ...
(255208)
#*Olema Creek (234410)
#* Nicasio Creek (229534)
#**Halleck Creek (224814)
#***Redwood Canyon (231415)
#*
San Geronimo Creek
San Geronimo Creek is a stream in Marin County, California, United States, which feeds into Lagunitas Creek below Kent Lake.
Course
The creek rises in the hills west of the town of Fairfax. It descends northward to Woodacre, where it turns we ...
(232400)
#*Big Carson Creek (219156)
#*Cataract Creek (220721)
#*East Fork Lagunitas Creek (222888)
#White Gulch (237641)
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Tomales Point and Bolinas, numbered north to south:
#Home Ranch Creek (225499)
#Glennbrook Creek
#Santa Maria Creek
#Coast Creek (233695)
#Alamere Creek (233404)
#Arroyo Hondo
Bolinas Lagoon
Bolinas Lagoon is a tidal estuary, approximately in area, located in the West Marin region of Marin County, California, United States, adjacent to the town of Bolinas. It is a part of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. In 1974, ...
Watercourses which feed into Bolinas Lagoon, numbered clockwise from Bolinas to
Stinson Beach
Stinson Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States. Stinson Beach is located east-southeast of Bolinas, at an elevation of . The population of the St ...
:
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Pine Gulch Creek
Pine Gulch Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 9, 2011 south-flowing stream in western Marin County, California, United States which empties into Bolinas Lago ...
(234476)
#*
Copper Mine Gulch Copper Mine Gulch is a valley in Marin County, California, United States, which is associated with a small stream.
The stream descends the western slope of the Bolinas Ridge, passing the mine from which it receives its name, and flows through the t ...
(221541)
#
Wilkins Gulch
Wilkins Gulch is a valley in western Marin County, California, United States, located northwest of Pike County Gulch. It is associated with a small stream.
The stream descends the western slope of Bolinas Ridge, crosses State Route 1, and drains ...
(237829)
#
Pike County Gulch
Pike County Gulch is a coastal valley in Marin County, California, United States, which is associated with a small stream. It is located between Wilkins Gulch (to the northwest) and Audubon Canyon (to the southeast).
The stream descends the west ...
McKinnan Gulch
McKinnan Gulch is a valley in Marin County, California, United States.
It contains a small stream which descends the western slope of the Bolinas Ridge and drains into Bolinas Lagoon.
Near the head of the gulch is an ore vein (reported in 1955) c ...
(228412)
#
Stinson Gulch
Stinson Gulch is a valley in Marin County, California, United States which is associated with a small stream.
The stream descends the western slope of the Bolinas Ridge, crosses State Route 1 just north of Stinson Beach, California, and drains i ...
(235491)
Southern Marin Coast
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Stinson Beach and the Golden Gate, numbered north to south:
#Webb Creek (237375)
#Lone Tree Creek (227525)
#Cold Stream (221345)
#
Redwood Creek
Sequoioideae, popularly known as redwoods, is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae. It includes the largest and tallest trees in the world.
Description
The three redwood subfamily genera are '' Sequoia'' from coasta ...
(231428)
#*Fern Creek (223455)
#Tennessee Valley (255127)
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.
San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...
and its tributaries
Northern San Francisco Bay
Watercourses which feed into San Francisco Bay and its tributary bays between the Golden Gate and Point San Pedro, numbered south to north:
# Coyote Creek (221733)
# Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio (254575)
#*Old Mill Creek (229976)
#**Cascade Creek (220661)
#San Clemente Creek (217925)
#
Corte Madera Creek (Marin County, California)
Corte Madera Creek is a short stream which flows southeast for in Marin County, California. Corte Madera Creek is formed by the confluence of San Anselmo Creek and Ross Creek (California), Ross Creek in Ross, California, Ross and entering a ti ...
(258743)
#*Tamalpais Creek (235983)
#* Ross Creek (231905)
#*
San Anselmo Creek
San Anselmo Creek is an eastward-flowing stream that begins on the eastern flank of Pine Mountain in the Marin Hills of Marin County, California. At its confluence with Ross Creek, it becomes Corte Madera Creek.
History
Its name came from th ...
(232364)
#**Sleepy Hollow Creek (249570)
#**Fairfax Creek (223329)
#**Carey Camp Creek (220595)
#** Cascade Creek (220663)
#
San Rafael Creek
San Rafael Creek is a watercourse in Marin County, California, United States that discharges to San Rafael Bay, a small embayment of the San Francisco Bay. The mouth of San Rafael Creek is a channelized estuary through an industrial area. San Rafa ...
(232467)
Northern
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water ch ...
and Carquinez Strait
Watercourses which feed into San Pablo Bay or the Carquinez Strait between Point San Pedro and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, numbered west to east:
#Gallinas Creek (224018)
#*South Fork Gallinas Creek (235006)
# Miller Creek (228730)
#
Novato Creek
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(229802)
#*Arroyo San Jose (218406)
#*Bowman Canyon (219721)
#
Petaluma River
The Petaluma River is a river in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin that becomes a tidal slough for most of its length. The headwaters are in the area southwest of Cotati. The flow is generally southward through Petaluma's old town, ...
(253749)
#*Black John Slough (219372)
#** Rush Creek (232023)
#**Basalt Creek (218716)
#*Tule Slough (236607)
#* San Antonio Creek (253817)
#*Schultz Slough (232702)
#* Adobe Creek (217990)
#* Washington Creek
#**East Washington Creek
#*
Lynch Creek
Lynch Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 stream in Sonoma County, California, United States which discharges into the Petaluma River.
Course
Lynch ...
(234217)
#*Capri Creek
#*
Lichau Creek
Lichau Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 9, 2011 southwest-flowing stream in Sonoma County, California, United States, which flows through the town of Pe ...
(234157)
#**Willow Brook (269133)
#
Tolay Creek
Tolay Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 10, 2011 southward-flowing stream in southern Sonoma County, California, United States, which flows through Tolay La ...
Arroyo Seco Creek
Arroyo Seco is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 10, 2011 tributary stream to Schell Creek in southern Sonoma County, California, United States. In Spanish ''ar ...
(218408)
#*******Nathanson Creek (229419)
#*******Haraszthy Creek (224911)
#*China Slough (221058)
#* Fowler Creek (223770)
#**Rodgers Creek (231809)
#***Champlin Creek (220901)
#**Felder Creek (223431)
#***Lewis Creek (262425)
#**
Carriger Creek
Carriger Creek is a stream Sonoma County, California. Southwest of the city of Sonoma, California, its name changes to Fowler Creek. This article covers both parts of the creek.
Carriger Creek springs from the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain, ...
(220639)
#*Agua Caliente Creek (218327)
#*Hooker Creek (225537)
#**Wilson Creek (237965)
#***Butler Canyon (220277)
#***Whitman Canyon (237706)
#*
Calabazas Creek
Calabazas Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 10, 2011 stream in the Sonoma Valley, California, United States, that rises in the southern Mayacamas Mounta ...
(254687)
#**Stuart Creek (235613)
#* Graham Creek (224379)
#*
Yulupa Creek
Yulupa Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 10, 2011 southeast-flowing perennial stream that rises on the southeastern flanks of the northern Sonoma Mountains ...
(238301)
#* Bear Creek (218803)
# Napa River (255110)
#*Napa Slough (229414)
#**Devils Slough (222329)
#**Huichica Creek (225741)
#*White Slough (237683)
#**
Rindler Creek
Rindler Creek is a stream that rises on Sulfur Springs Mountain in southwestern Solano County, California. A stream restoration project has been conducted to reverse the damage of cattle overgrazing. One goal of this project is to enhance habita ...
(231615)
#*** Blue Rock Springs Creek (219520)
#*American Canyon Creek (218229)
#* Carneros Creek (220626)
#*Suscol Creek (235838)
#*Tulucay Creek (255164)
#**Kreuse Creek (226687)
#**Murphy Creek (229347)
#* Milliken Creek (234307)
#**Sarco Creek (232579)
#*Napa Creek (229413)
#**Redwood Creek (231429)
#*Soda Creek (234828)
#*Dry Creek (233800)
#*Conn Creek (233707)
#**Rector Creek (234547)
#**Sage Creek (234602)
#***Clear Creek (233687)
#**Chiles Creek (233665)
#***Moore Creek (229017)
#*Bale Slough (218624)
#*Sulphur Creek (235712)
#*York Creek (238269)
#*Mill Creek (228685)
#*Ritchey Creek (252565)
#*Nash Creek (229417)
#
Southampton Creek
Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Por ...
Watercourses which feed into Lake Berryessa, numbered clockwise from Monticello Dam:
#Wragg Creek (238192)
#Capell Creek (220581)
#Smittle Creek (234731)
#Trout Creek (236563)
#Pope Creek (234501)
#*Maxwell Creek (228249)
#**Hardin Creek (261085)
#**Burton Creek (220252)
#Stone Corral Creek (253935)
#Butts Creek (233590) – flows from Lake County.
#*Routan Creek (234593) – flows from Lake County.
#*
Snell Creek
Snell Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 10, 2011 watercourse in Napa County, California. It is situated approximately five miles north of Aetna Springs an ...
(234752)
# Putah Creek (234522) – flows from Lake County.
#*Hunting Creek (225798)
#Cement Creek (220810)
#Dyer Creek (222789)
#Eticuera Creek (223262)
#*Adams Creek (217966)
#*Nevada Creek (229475)
#*Zim Zim Creek (238320)
Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay ( ; Wintun for "where the west wind blows") is a shallow tidal estuary (a northeastern extension of the San Francisco Bay) in Northern California. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River, forming the ent ...
and
Grizzly Bay
Grizzly Bay is a baylet of the San Francisco Bay, and an extension of Suisun Bay, which dips into Solano County, California. Grizzly Bay contains many sloughs, wildlife areas, and islands such as Grizzly Island, Joice Island and Morrow Island. ...
Watercourses which feed into Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay, listed clockwise from
Benicia
Benicia ( , ) is a waterside city in Solano County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. It served as the capital of California for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854. The population was 26,997 at the ...
to Martinez:
*Sulphur Springs Creek (235735)
*Suisun Slough (253945)
**
Cordelia Slough
Cordelia Slough is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 10, 2011 tidal watercourse which discharges to the Suisun Slough, which in turn empties into Grizzly Bay in Sol ...
(221556)
***Green Valley Creek (224575)
****Wild Horse Creek (237756)
*Montezuma Slough (234323)
*
Sacramento River
The Sacramento River ( es, RÃo Sacramento) is the principal river of Northern California in the United States and is the largest river in California. Rising in the Klamath Mountains, the river flows south for before reaching the Sacramento–S ...
(1654949) – flows from Sacramento County
** American River
* San Joaquin River (273488) – flows from Sacramento County
''For tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, see List of rivers in California.''
*Mount Diablo Creek (234334)
*Hastings Slough (225003)
**Seal Creek
* Pacheco Creek (230192)
** Grayson Creek (224526)
***Murderer's Creek
** Walnut Creek (237199)
***Galindo Creek (224011)
***Grayson Creek (224526)
***San Ramon Creek (232471)
****Las Trampas Creek (226900)
*****Grizzly Creek (224628)
*****Lafayette Creek (226748)
*****Tice Creek (236338)
****Green Valley Creek (224574)
****Sycamore Creek (235918)
****Bollinger Canyon Creek (254643)
*Peyton Creek
Southern Carquinez Strait and
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water ch ...
Watercourses which feed into the Carquinez Strait or San Pablo Bay between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and
Point San Pablo
Point San Pablo Harbor is a marina and small community at the far end of Point San Pablo in San Pablo Bay, within Richmond, in Contra Costa County, California. It is located at 1900 Stenmark Drive, Richmond CA 94801.
Overview
The community is ...
, numbered east to west:
#Arroyo del Hambre (255059)
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Alhambra Creek
Alhambra Creek is a stream in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Geography
The creek drains into the Carquinez Strait at Martinez, via the historical Arroyo del Hambre. Alhambra ...
(218119)
#Bull Valley Creek
#Elkhorn Creek
#Edwards Creek
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Cañada del Cierbo
Canada del Cierbo is a valley and U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2022 northwestward-flowing stream originating in the Crockett Hills Regional Park and flo ...
Refugio Creek
Refugio Creek (pronounced REH-foo-GEE-oh from Spanish ''refugio'' meaning: shelter) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 watercourse running through the Re ...
(231480)
#*Ohlone Creek
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Pinole Creek
Pinole Creek is a stream in western Contra Costa County, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
The creek has one of the last primarily undeveloped watersheds in the Bay Area.
Course
The headwaters of Pinole Creek ar ...
(230743)
#
Garrity Creek
Garrity Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 creek in Richmond, California's Hilltop neighborhood. It runs into San Pablo Bay. It is sometimes call ...
(224083)
#
Rheem Creek
Rheem Creek is a urban stream in western Contra Costa County, California, which empties into San Pablo Bay south of Point Pinole. The creek rises from Rolling Hills Cemetery and passes through Rollingwood, the campus of Contra Costa Community Col ...
#*
Karlson Creek Karlson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Karl". There are other spelling variations.
People with surname Karlson or Karlsons
* Christian Thomsen Carl, also referred to as ''Karlson'' (1676–1713), Danish navy officer
* Ģirts Karlsons (bor ...
#
San Pablo Creek
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(232457)
#*Lauterwasser Creek (226957)
#*Bear Creek (218800)
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Castro Creek
Castro Creek is a creek in Richmond, California, in the western part of the city adjacent to the Chevron Oil Refinery. Wildcat Creek drains into it directly and though other Wildcat Marsh tributaries into Castro Cove of San Pablo Bay. The creek d ...
(220706)
#*
Herman Slough
Herman may refer to:
People
* Herman (name), list of people with this name
* Saint Herman (disambiguation)
* Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman
Places in the United States
* Herman, Arkansas
* Herman, Michigan
* Herman, Minne ...
Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between Point San Pablo and the Bay Bridge, numbered north to south:
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Meeker Slough Meeker may refer to:
Places
* Camp Meeker, California
* Meeker, Colorado
* Meeker, Louisiana
* Meeker, Ohio
* Meeker, Oklahoma
* Meeker, West Virginia
* Meeker, Wisconsin
* Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line, Brooklyn New York
* Meeker County, Minne ...
Schoolhouse Creek
Schoolhouse Creek is a creek which flows through the city of Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
History
The creek acquired its name from a school which was sited adjacent to it, the Ocean View School (the first school in tod ...
#
Codornices Creek
Codornices Creek (sometimes spelled and/or pronounced "Cordonices"), long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 is one of the principal creeks which runs out o ...
Strawberry Creek
Strawberry Creek is the principal watercourse running through the city of Berkeley, California. Two forks rise in the Berkeley Hills of the California Coast Ranges, and form a confluence at the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Th ...
(235581)
#Potter Creek
#Derby Creek
# Temescal Creek (236092)
Eastern San Francisco Bay
Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the Bay Bridge and the
San Mateo–Hayward Bridge
The San Mateo–Hayward Bridge (commonly called the San Mateo Bridge) is a bridge crossing the American state of California's San Francisco Bay, linking the San Francisco Peninsula with the East Bay. The bridge's western end is in Foster City, ...
, numbered from north to south:
#
Glen Echo Creek
Glen Echo Creek (also known as Cemetery Creek) is a creek that runs from the Oakland Hills to Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. Although most of it is underground, the creek does surface in several locations. It has two branches, the Rockridge ...
(224215)
#Indian Gulch (225879)
#
Sausal Creek
The Sausal () is a small mountain range in the southwestern parts of Austria's state Styria. It thrusts up from the northern banks of the Sulm valley, west of the district town of Leibnitz. Its highest point, the summit of the Demmerkogel, rises ...
Redwood Creek
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Description
The three redwood subfamily genera are '' Sequoia'' from coasta ...
(231419)
#* Miller Creek
#*Kaiser Creek (254842)
#**Buckhorn Creek (220052)
#*Moraga Creek
#*
Indian Creek Indian Creek may refer to the following:
Communities
* Indian Creek, Orange Walk District, Belize, a village in Belize
* Indian Creek, Toledo, a village in Belize
* Indian Creek, Florida, U.S.
* Indian Creek, Illinois, U.S.
* Indian Creek No. 7 Pr ...
Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge, listed north to south:
*Mount Eden Creek (229145)
**North Creek (229624)
*
Alameda Creek
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(1654946)
**Dry Creek (222606)
**Stonybrook Canyon (235553)
**
Arroyo de la Laguna
Arroyo de la Laguna is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 southward-flowing stream in Alameda County, California, United States which originates at the con ...
Arroyo Mocho
Arroyo Mocho is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 stream which originates in the far northeastern corner of Santa Clara County and flows northwesterly into ...
(218404)
****
Arroyo Las Positas
Arroyo Las Positas is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 westward-flowing watercourse in Alameda County, California, which begins at the confluence of Arro ...
South San Ramon Creek
South San Ramon Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 southward-flowing stream in Alameda County and southern Contra Costa County, in the East Bay re ...
(235109)
****Alamo Creek (218055)
****Coyote Creek (221729)
**Sheridan Creek (234690)
**San Antonio Creek (1654950)
***Indian Creek (225864)
***Apperson Creek (218316)
***La Costa Creek
***Williams Gulch (237847)
**Pirates Creek (230775)
**Haynes Gulch (225064)
**Welch Creek
**
Calaveras Creek
Calaveras Creek is a waterway that starts near Martinez, Texas
Martinez is an unincorporated community in eastern Bexar County, Texas, United States. In 1990, its population was reported to be 75 residents. It is located within the Greater San ...
(254688)
*** Arroyo Hondo (233435)
**** Isabel Creek (254822)
*****Long Branch (227538)
*****Bonita Creek (219639)
**** Smith Creek (233323)
*****Sulphur Creek
Southern San Francisco Bay
Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay south of the Dumbarton Bridge, listed clockwise:
*Newark Slough (229511)
**Plummer Creek
*
Mowry Slough
Mowry Slough is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 slough in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is the primary breeding ground for Sa ...
(229219)
*
Mud Slough
The Laguna Creek watershed consists of of land within northern California's Alameda County, California, Alameda County. The watershed drains the foothills of the Diablo Range south of Niles Canyon. To the southeast, the area of Mission Peak Reg ...
(229250)
** Laguna Creek
***Agua Caliente Creek (218017)
***Cañada Del Aliso (220520)
***Sabercat/Sabre Cat Creek
****Washington Creek
***
Mission Creek
Mission Creek (from Spanish: ''misión'') is a river in San Francisco, California. Once navigable from the Mission Bay inland to the vicinity of Mission Dolores, where several smaller creeks converged to form it, Mission Creek has long since bee ...
(228831)
****Morrison Creek (229079)
****Vargas Creek
* Coyote Creek (255083)
**Scott Creek (232723)
**Line C – man-made drain, connecting creeks which historically dispersed into marsh
***Toroges Creek (236468)
***Agua Fria Creek (218018)
** Lower Penitencia Creek
***Calera Creek
****
Berryessa Creek
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Berryessa Creek is a seasonal creek in northeastern San Jose and Milpitas. Its main source is located in the Los Buellis Hills slightly west of Felter Road. Berryessa Creek has many tributaries, including Piedmont Creek, Calera Creek, ...
Arroyo Calero
Arroyo often refers to:
* Arroyo (creek), an intermittently dry creek
Arroyo may also refer to:
People
* Arroyo (surname)
Places United States
;California
* Arroyo Burro Beach, a public beach park in Santa Barbara County, California
* Arroyo ...
(218395)
** Guadalupe Creek (253236)
*Guadalupe Slough (224698)
**
Saratoga Creek
Saratoga Creek is a north-northeast flowing creek in Santa Clara County, California.
History
Saratoga Creek was originally called Arroyo Quito and then Campbell Creek after immigrant William Campbell, who operated a sawmill in 1848 in "Campbell's ...
(253826)
***
San Tomas Aquino Creek
San Tomas Aquinas Creek, known locally as San Tomas Aquino Creek, is a streamU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 25, 2011 that heads on El Sereno mountain in El Sereno ...
Calabazas Creek
Calabazas Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 10, 2011 stream in the Sonoma Valley, California, United States, that rises in the southern Mayacamas Mounta ...
Hale Creek
Hale Creek is a short stream originating in the foothills of Los Altos Hills, California in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Its source is in the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve, west of Neary Quarry. The creek flows northeast ...
Barron Creek
Barron Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed November 13, 2011 northward-flowing stream originating in the lower foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Los Altos Hills in Sant ...
(239012)
*
Matadero Creek
Matadero Creek is a stream originating in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The creek flows in a northeasterly direction for until it enters the Palo Alto Flood Basin, where it joins Ado ...
(228215)
**
Arastradero Creek
Arastradero Creek is a mainly seasonal U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 21, 2011 generally north by northeastward-flowing stream originating in the Palo Alto footh ...
Sausal Creek
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(1654941)
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Alambique Creek
Alambique Creek, or ''Arroyo Alembique'', is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed 2012-02-11 stream located in San Mateo County, California, in the United States. It is tr ...
(218044)
****
Dennis Martin Creek
Martin Creek, known locally as Dennis Martin Creek, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed September 18, 2011 north by northeastward-flowing stream originating just east of ...
Los Trancos Creek
Los Trancos Creek (meaning "barriers" or "cattle guards" from the Spanish "Las Trancas") is a stream, creek that flows northerly from Monte Bello Ridge on the northeast slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains to its confluence with San Francisquito Creek ...
(254941)
Western San Francisco Bay
Watercourses which feed into the west shore of San Francisco Bay between the Dumbarton Bridge and the Golden Gate, listed south to north:
*
Redwood Creek
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Description
The three redwood subfamily genera are '' Sequoia'' from coasta ...
Cordilleras Creek
Cordilleras Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 26, 2012 northward-flowing stream originating in the Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve in the foothills of th ...
(221557)
*Pulgas Creek (234518)
*Belmont Creek (254600)
*Laurel Creek (226937)
*Borel Creek
**Beresford Creek
*Leslie Creek
* San Mateo Creek (1655002)
**
** Laguna Creek
**Polhemus Creek (230901)
*Poplar Creek
*Burlingame Creek
**Upper Terrace Creek
**Ralston Creek
**Cherry Canyon Creek
*Sanchez Creek (232485)
**Lower Terrace Creek
*
Easton Creek
Easton Creek is a short eastward-flowing stream whose watershed originates in Burlingame's foothills in San Mateo County, California, United States.
(233826)
*
Mills Creek Mills Creek may refer to:
*Mills Creek (Missouri), a stream in Missouri
*Mills Creek, a San Francisco Bay Area stream with mouth at Arroyo León Arroyo León (Spanish for "Lion Creek") is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high ...
(234308)
*Millbrae Creek
*Green Hills Creek
*
San Bruno Creek San Bruno Creek (Spanish for: "St. Brun") is an intermittent stream that rises on the eastern slopes of the Northern Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo County, California, USA. The headwaters descend a relatively steep canyon east of Skyline Bouleva ...
(234623)
**El Zanjon
*
Colma Creek
Colma Creek is a small creek that flows to the San Francisco Bay from its source in the Crocker Hills portion of San Bruno Mountain State and County Park, north of San Mateo County's Guadalupe Canyon Parkway, with contribution from April Brook ...
(221398)
**Twelvemile Creek
*
Guadalupe Valley Creek
Guadalupe Creek or Guadalupe Valley Creek is a short eastward-flowing stream whose watershed originates just east of the highest peak of San Bruno Mountain in San Mateo County, California, United States. It courses through San Bruno Mountain Stat ...
(224700)
*Visitation Valley Creek
*Yosemite Creek
*
Islais Creek
Islais Creek or Islais Creek Channel (previously known as Du Vrees Creek, Islais Channel and Islais Swamp) is a small creek in San Francisco, California. The name of the creek is derived from a Salinan Native American word "''slay''" or "''islay' ...
(254827)
**Precita Creek
*
Mission Creek
Mission Creek (from Spanish: ''misión'') is a river in San Francisco, California. Once navigable from the Mission Bay inland to the vicinity of Mission Dolores, where several smaller creeks converged to form it, Mission Creek has long since bee ...
**
Hayes Creek
Hayes Creek is a small river in San Francisco, California, that has been largely culverted. The only remaining portion above ground is in the Mission Creek Channel that drains into China Basin
San Francisco, in the US state of California, has bo ...
Dragonfly Creek Dragonfly Creek is a stream in the Presidio of San Francisco, California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is th ...
Pacific Coast south of the Golden Gate
San Francisco Coast
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Thornton Beach, from north to south:
*
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Thornton Beach and Miramontes Point, numbered north to south:
#Milagra Creek
#
Calera Creek
Calera Creek (Pacifica, California) is a stream in the Rockaway Beach and Vallemar neighborhoods of Pacifica, California. The creek is named for the limestone deposits and historical quarry located nearby. With headwaters in the Sweeney Ridge n ...
Arroyo de en Medio Arroyo de en Medio (Spanish for "in the middle creek") is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 coastal stream in western San Mateo County, California. Arroyo ...
(233428)
#
Naples Creek
Naples Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California, United States that rises on the western slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains and discharges to the Pacific Ocean. The specific point of discharge is onto Naples Beach, a unit of the Half Mo ...
Pilarcitos Creek
Pilarcitos Creek (Spanish for: ''Little Pillars or Pillaries Creek'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 coastal stream in San Mateo County, California, ...
(253889)
#*
Arroyo León Arroyo León (Spanish for "Lion Creek") is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 stream in San Mateo County, California which is a tributary of Pilarcitos Creek ...
(233436)
#**
Mills Creek Mills Creek may refer to:
*Mills Creek (Missouri), a stream in Missouri
*Mills Creek, a San Francisco Bay Area stream with mouth at Arroyo León Arroyo León (Spanish for "Lion Creek") is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high ...
(228769)
#*
Madonna Creek Madonna Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map. Retrieved March 15, 2011. stream in San Mateo County, California, USA, which is a tributary of Pilarcitos Creek
Pilarcitos Creek ...
(227924)
#*
Apanolio Creek Apanolio Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 southward-flowing stream in San Mateo County, California, United States which is a tributary of Pilarcit ...
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Miramontes Point and Pigeon Point, numbered north to south:
#
Cañada Verde Creek Cañada Verde Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 stream in San Mateo County, California.Purisima Creek (253798)
#*
Whittemore Gulch Whittemore Gulch is a valley in San Mateo County, California. It contains a small stream which is a tributary of Purisima Creek.Grabtown Gulch Grabtown Gulch is a valley in San Mateo County, California. It contains a stream which is a tributary of Purisima Creek.
(224371)
#*
Soda Gulch Soda Gulch is a valley in San Mateo County, California. It contains a small stream which is a tributary of Purisima Creek.
(234832)
#
Lobitos Creek
Lobitos Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California.
Tributaries
* Rogers Gulch
*Schoolhouse Creek
References
See also
*List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San F ...
(254929)
#*
Schoolhouse Creek
Schoolhouse Creek is a creek which flows through the city of Berkeley, California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
History
The creek acquired its name from a school which was sited adjacent to it, the Ocean View School (the first school in tod ...
(232672)
#*
Rogers Gulch
Rogers Gulch is a small river in San Mateo County, California. It contains a small stream which is a tributary of Lobitos Creek.Tunitas Creek
Tunitas Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 stream in San Mateo County, California. ''Tunitas'' is Spanish for "little prickly pears".
An all-w ...
San Gregorio Creek
San Gregorio Creek (''Spanish for:'' Saint Gregory) is a river in San Mateo County, California. Its tributaries originate on the western ridges of the Santa Cruz Mountains whence it courses southwest through steep forested canyons. The San Greg ...
El Corte de Madera Creek
El Corte de Madera Creek (Spanish for:'' The Cutting of Wood'') is a small river in the Santa Cruz Mountains, San Mateo County, northern California. It is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek.
The creek flows about , from its source in Kings Moun ...
Kingston Creek Kingston Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek.Harrington Creek (224956)
#*
Alpine Creek
Alpine Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California.
It flows about , from its source () near West Alpine Road about a mile southwest of Skyline Boulevard (CA 35), to its confluence with La Honda Creek to form San Gregorio Creek in ...
La Honda Creek
La Honda Creek is a long stream on the Pacific slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains and is a tributary of San Gregorio Creek.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 10, 2011 F ...
(226707)
#**
Woodruff Creek Woodruff Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary to La Honda Creek, which in turn is tributary to San Gregorio Creek.Weeks Creek (237398)
#*** Spanish Ranch Creek (235161)
#
Pomponio Creek
Pomponio Creek is a westward flowing stream in San Mateo County, California that originates on the western slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains and flows into the Pacific Ocean at Pomponio State Beach.
History
Pomponio Creek is named for Ponponio ...
Pescadero Creek
Pescadero Creek is a major stream in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties in California, United States. At ,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 it is the longes ...
(234452) – flows from Santa Cruz County
#*
Butano Creek
Butano Creek , name is a stream in San Mateo County, California,USGS 09 ...
(220266)
#**Little Butano Creek (227209)
#**South Fork (234979)
#* Bradley Creek (219762)
#**
Chandler Gulch
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* Chandler (occupation), originally head of the medieval household office responsible for candles, now a person who makes or sells candles
* Ship chandler, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ships
Arts ...
(220906)
#*
Honsinger Creek
Honsinger Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 15, 2011 stream in San Mateo County, California, and a tributary of Pescadero Creek.Big Chicken Hollow Big Chicken Hollow is a valley in San Mateo County, California. It contains a fork of Honsinger Creek.
(219158)
#**
Little Chicken Hollow Little Chicken Hollow is a valley in San Mateo County, California. It contains a stream which is a fork of Honsinger Creek.Newell Gulch (229514)
#*
Roy Gulch Roy Gulch is a valley in San Mateo County, California, containing a small stream that is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
(231988)
#*
Bloomquist Creek Bloomquist Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California, and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
McCormick Creek McCormick Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
(228321)
#*
Hoffman Creek
Hoffman Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
(225382)
#*Jones Gulch (226336)
#*
Harwood Creek Harwood Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California. It is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
(224997)
#*
Dark Gulch Dark Gulch is a valley in San Mateo County, California associated with a small stream that is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.Carriger Creek
Carriger Creek is a stream Sonoma County, California. Southwest of the city of Sonoma, California, its name changes to Fowler Creek. This article covers both parts of the creek.
Carriger Creek springs from the eastern slope of Sonoma Mountain, ...
(220638)
#*
Keyston Creek Keyston Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
(226557)
#*
Tarwater Creek
Tarwater Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California, and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek.
Pescadero Creek Park sits atop a deposit of natural gas and oil. Natural gas occasionally bubbles up through seams near Hoffman Creek producing ...
Waterman Creek
Waterman Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 southward-flowing stream in southern San Mateo County, California. Rising near Big Basin Way and the Sa ...
(237336)
#Arroyo de los Frijoles (218391)
#Spring Bridge Gulch (235229)
#Yankee Jim Gulch (238228)
Southern San Mateo Coast
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean south of Pigeon Point, numbered north to south:
#Gazos Creek (224105) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#*Old Womans Creek (229991) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#*Old Womans Creek (1701701)
#Whitehouse Creek (237690) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#Cascade Creek (220660) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#Green Oaks Creek (224554) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#Año Nuevo Creek (254567) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#*Cold Dip Creek (252424) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#Finney Creek (223512) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
#Elliot Creek (223153) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
See also
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Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area
The Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area is a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays predominantly draining into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean.
Bays
The largest bodies of water in the Bay Ar ...
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List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Alameda County
* Almond Reservoir ()
* Berryman Reservoir ()
* Bethany ...
Water
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Watercourses
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