Bear Creek (Colusa County)
Bear Creek is one of two primary tributaries to Cache Creek in the U.S. state of California, the other being the North Fork of Cache Creek. It is the only tributary to Cache Creek not impounded by a dam; the North Fork is impounded by Indian Valley Dam and Reservoir, while the Cache Creek main stem is impounded by Cache Creek Dam.
| Bear Creek | |
|---|---|
Bear Creek as it flows through the Bureau of Land Management's Cache Creek Natural Area | |
Location of the river mouth in California | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Colusa County (Cache Creek Watershed) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mill Creek (Mendocino National Forest) |
| • elevation | 3,830 ft (1,170 m) |
| 2nd source | Bear Creek |
| • elevation | 2,212 ft (674 m) |
| Source confluence | Bear Valley |
| • elevation | 1,331 ft (406 m) |
| Mouth | Cache Creek |
• location | Cache Creek Canyon |
• coordinates | 38°55′35″N 122°20′0″W |
• elevation | 641 ft (195 m) |
| Length | 30 mi (48 km) |
| Basin size | 130 sq mi (340 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Holsten Chimney Canyon Stream Gauge , CA |
| • average | 37.5 cu ft/s (1.06 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 8,510 cu ft/s (241 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Sulphur Creek, Trout Creek |
Because of elevated mercury levels in fish, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment recommends that no one eat fish or shellfish from this water body.
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