Clear Creek (Sacramento River tributary) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Clear Creek
Whiskeytown Lake on Clear Creek
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Shasta Trinity
Physical characteristics
Main source	Damnation Peak Trinity Mountains, Shasta-Trinity National Forest 5,080 ft (1,550 m) 40°57′31″N 122°31′45″W / 40.95861°N 122.52917°W / 40.95861; -122.52917
River mouth	Sacramento River Girvan 415 ft (126 m) 40°30′20″N 122°22′04″W / 40.50556°N 122.36778°W / 40.50556; -122.36778
Length	60.6 mi (97.5 km)
Basin features
Basin size	249 sq mi (640 km2)
Tributaries	Right: Crystal Creek, Brandy Creek

Clear Creek (Ínaam in Karuk) is a tributary of the upper Sacramento River in northern California.

Geography

The creek is 60.6 miles (97.5 km) long, flowing in southern Siskiyou County and northern Shasta County. Clear Creek is the first major Sacramento River tributary downstream of the Shasta Dam.

Clear Creek originates in the Trinity Mountains, between Shasta Lake and Trinity Lake in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and flows into Whiskeytown Lake reservoir, impounded by Whiskeytown Dam. Past the reservoir, the stream bed continues south until its confluence with the Sacramento River. The Spring Creek Tunnel bypasses that section and delivers water from Whiskeytown Lake directly to Keswick Reservoir, both part of the Central Valley Project.

History

The site along Clear Creek where Pierson B. Reading discovered gold in 1848 was declared a California Historical Landmark.