Bartlett Creek is a creek in
Lake County, California
Lake County is a County (United States), county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 68,163. The county seat is Lakeport, California, Lakepor ...
. It is a tributary of
North Fork Cache Creek.
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 California Coast Ranges#Northern Coast Ranges, Coastal Mountain Range in northwestern California and comprises . It is the only national forest in the state of California without a major paved road ...
.
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
''Adenostoma fasciculatum'', commonly known as chamise or greasewood, is a flowering plant native to California and Baja California. This shrub is one of the most widespread plants of the California chaparral ecoregion. Chamise produces a specia ...
and
chaparral
Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant plant community, community found primarily in California, southern Oregon, and northern Baja California. It is shaped by a Mediterranean climate (mild wet winters and hot dry summers) and infrequent, high-intens ...
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
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