- Dry Creek (Sonoma County, California)
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Dry Creek stream Country United States State California Region Sonoma and Mendocino counties Source Snow Mountain - location 6 mi (10 km) west of Hopland - elevation 760 ft (232 m) - coordinates 38°55′55″N 123°13′2″W / 38.93194°N 123.21722°W [1] Mouth Russian River - location 2 mi (3 km) south of Healdsburg, California - elevation 82 ft (25 m) [1] - coordinates 38°35′10″N 122°51′26″W / 38.58611°N 122.85722°W [1] Dry Creek is a 43.0-mile-long (69.2 km)[2] stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Mendocino. It is a tributary of the Russian River, with headwaters in Mendocino County.
The Dry Creek Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area.
Geography
Lake Sonoma and the Warm Springs Dam
Main article: Lake SonomaThe creek flows roughly southeast until reaches Lake Sonoma, which is formed by the Warm Springs Dam. Several other creeks that used to merge with the creek now flow into the lake. Downstream of the dam, the creek continues flowing roughly southeast until its confluence with the Russian River.
Bridges
Dry Creek is spanned by numerous bridges, including:[3]
- at Yoakim Bridge Road, a concrete continuous tee beam built in 1956
- at Westside Road, a steel truss built in 1934
- at Lambert Bridge Road, a steel truss built in 1915
- at State Route 128, a prestressed concrete Tee Beam built in 2005
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dry Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
- ^ "National Bridge Inventory Database". http://nationalbridges.com/.
See also
Categories:- Rivers of Mendocino County, California
- Rivers of Sonoma County, California
- Sonoma County, California geography stubs
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