Helms Creek is a tributary of the

North Fork Kings River The North Fork Kings River is a tributary of the Kings River, in the U.S. state of California. The river's main stem is entirely within Fresno County, and its watershed drains about of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range. Course It rise ...

Fresno County Fresno County (), officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 1,008,654. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-most populous city in Cali ...

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. The stream drains a remote mountainous part of the

Sierra National Forest Sierra National Forest is a U.S. national forest located on the western slope of central Sierra Nevada in Central California and bounded on the northwest by Yosemite National Park and the south by Kings Canyon National Park. The forest is kno ...

. The Courtright Dam on Helms Creek forms the Courtright Reservoir, which is the upper reservoir for the

Helms Pumped Storage Plant The Helms Pumped Storage Plant is located 50 mi (80 km) east of Fresno, California in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range's Sierra National Forest. It is a power station that uses Helms Creek canyon on the North Fork of the Kings River for ...

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Rivers of Northern California Rivers of Fresno County, California {{California-river-stub