Geography Tool Shed : California Rivers

United States Rivers

California

River count	477
River miles	16,283

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Rivers

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Name	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Agua Blanca Creek	18.3	18
Alameda Creek	45.4	45
Alamo Creek	24.2	24
Alamo River	59	59
Alder Creek	14.6	15
Aliso Creek	19.9	20
Amargosa River	139	139
American River	29.9	463
American River - Middle Fork	62.4	155
American River - Middle Fork - North Fork	18.8	19
American River - North Fork	88.6	244
American River - Silver Fork	20.1	20
American River - South Fork	86.8	189
Antelope Creek	31.4	83
Antelope Creek - North Fork	15.8	16
Antelope Creek - South Fork	18.1	18
Applegate River	3.7	17
Ash Creek (McCloud River tributary)	21.1	21
Ash Creek (Pit River tributary)	41.9	78
Austin Creek	16	30
Battle Creek	16.6	97
Battle Creek - North Fork	31	51
Battle Creek - South Fork	29.6	30
Bautista Creek	19.7	20
Bear Creek (Cache Creek tributary)	29.6	30
Bear Creek - North Fork (Sacramento River tributary)	12.2	12
Bear Creek (Sacramento River tributary)	20.8	50
Bear Creek (San Joaquin River - South Fork tributary)	11.4	11
Bear Creek (San Joaquin River tributary)	74.3	115
Bear Creek - South Fork (Sacramento River tributary)	17	17
Bear River (Eastern Pacific Ocean tributary)	24.8	25
Bear River (Feather River tributary)	75	149
Beaver Creek (Klamath River tributary)	12.3	12
Beaver Creek (Stanislaus River - North Fork tributary)	20.5	21
Beegum Creek	17.8	18
Big Chico Creek	46.2	46
Big Creek	16.3	16
Big Indian Creek	17	17
Big Kimshew Creek	13.9	14
Big Pine Creek	12.3	12
Big River	42	64
Big River - South Fork	22	22
Big Sandy Creek (Salinas River tributary)	21.2	21
Big Sandy Creek (San Joaquin River tributary)	12.5	13
Big Sulphur Creek	22.6	39
Big Sur River	15.8	16
Black Butte River	24.4	24
Black Rascal Creek	13.9	14
Blue Creek	24.8	25
Bluff Creek	25.3	25
Bodie Creek	9.2	9
Boulder Creek	11.6	12
Bridalveil Creek	12	12
Browns Creek	24.5	25
Brush Creek	13.5	14
Bubbs Creek	16.4	16
Buckeye Creek (Gualala River - South Fork tributary)	19	19
Buckeye Creek (Robinson Creek tributary)	19.9	34
Buena Vista Creek	11.1	11
Bull Creek	15.1	15
Bull Run Creek	12.4	12
Burch Creek	8.4	22
Burney Creek	33.1	33
Burns Creek	27.2	27
Butt Creek	26.9	27
Butte Creek	93	113
Cache Creek	87.3	156
Cache Creek - North Fork	39.1	39
Cahuilla Creek	18.7	19
Calaveras River	52.2	157
Calaveras River - North Fork	26.3	44
Calaveras River - South Fork	8	60
Caliente Creek	43.8	108
Camp Creek	30.6	31
Canyon Creek (North Yuba River tributary)	22.8	23
Canyon Creek (Trinity River tributary)	23.2	23
Carmel River	39.2	39
Carneros Creek	11.3	11
Carson River - East Fork	46.7	62
Carson River - West Fork	26.1	26
Cedar Creek	14.9	15
Chalone Creek	19.1	19
Chamise Creek	13	13
Cherry Creek	27.7	77
Cherry Creek - East Fork	14.4	14
Cherry Creek - North Fork	16.9	17
Cherry Creek - West Fork	17.8	18
Chihuahua Creek	12.9	13
Chiquito Creek	22.2	22
Cholame Creek	37.4	37
Chowchilla River	54.5	72
Chowchilla River - East Fork	17.9	18
Clark Fork	18.6	19
Clarks Creek	13.7	14
Clavey River	31.3	43
Clear Creek	60.9	61
Clear Creek	25.7	26
Clover Creek	29.8	30
Cold Fork	29.9	30
Colorado River	235.9	236
Convict Creek	18.1	31
Corbin Creek	13.9	14
Cosumnes River	52.7	263
Cosumnes River - Middle Fork	44.7	70
Cosumnes River - North Fork	49.6	80
Cosumnes River - South Fork	25.3	25
Cottonwood Creek	20.2	20
Cottonwood Creek - Middle Fork	45.9	64
Cottonwood Creek - North Fork	25.3	25
Cottonwood Creek (Sacramento River tributary)	22.6	223
Cottonwood Creek - South Fork	64.2	94
Cow Creek	15	192
Coyote Creek (Dry Creek (Mokelumne River tributary))	13.1	13
Coyote Creek (Eastern Pacific Ocean tributary)	34.4	34
Cuyama River	112.3	155
Deadman Creek	11.8	12
Deep Creek	23.4	42
Deer Creek	65.2	65
Deer Creek (Cosumnes River tributary)	43.5	44
Deer Creek (Sacramento River tributary)	62.8	63
Deer Creek (Yuba River tributary)	27.9	28
Dibble Creek	16.8	30
Dibble Creek - North Fork	12.9	13
Digger Creek	20.2	20
Dillon Creek	14.4	26
Dillon Creek - North Fork	11.8	12
Dinkey Creek	29.2	29
Dobbyn Creek	3.9	14
Dry Creek (Bear River tributary)	34.7	35
Dry Creek (Mokelumne River tributary)	47.1	93
Dutch Flat Creek	11.3	11
East Austin Creek	14.3	14
East Creek	16.2	16
East Walker River	22.2	127
Eel River	200.2	778
Eel River - Middle Fork	71.3	113
Eel River - North Fork	35.7	66
Eel River - South Fork	106.9	248
Elder Creek	29.4	65
Elder Creek - North Fork	17	17
Elder Creek - South Fork	19	19
Elk Creek (Eastern Pacific Ocean tributary)	13.8	14
Elk Creek (Eel River - Middle Fork tributary)	17.5	18
Elk Creek (Klamath River tributary)	22	22
Elliott Creek	13.2	13
Estrella River	27.8	139
Fall River	24.5	25
Fall River	23	23
Falls Creek	24.6	25
Feather River	72.2	1,241
Feather River - Middle Fork	95.5	193
Feather River - Middle Fork - Little North Fork	17.9	18
Feather River - North Fork	99.9	636
Feather River - North Fork - East Branch	18.2	210
Feather River - South Fork	44.3	44
Feather River - West Branch	46.7	61
Fish Creek (Kern River - South Fork tributary)	23.4	23
Fish Creek (San Joaquin River - Middle Fork tributary)	20.4	20
French Camp Slough	6.1	79
Fresno River	70.1	70
Garcia River	36.6	37
Garzas Creek	32.3	32
Goddard Creek	10.6	11
Golden Trout Creek	19	19
Green Creek	10.8	11
Greenhorn Creek	16.2	16
Greenwood Creek	17	17
Grider Creek	16.3	16
Grindstone Creek	34.7	35
Griswold Creek	13.1	13
Gualala River	3.5	110
Gualala River - South Fork	36.5	106
Gualala River - Wheatfield Fork	27.9	28
Hames Creek	14.6	15
Hatchet Creek	18.9	19
Hat Creek	48.6	49
Hayfork Creek	54.4	54
Haypress Creek	11.6	12
Holcomb Creek	18.9	19
Honcut Creek	2.9	72
Hoods Creek	17.2	17
Hooker Creek	17.3	17
Horton Creek	17.1	34
Hot Creek	19.2	31
Huasna River	18	18
Hueruero Creek	21.9	22
Hulls Creek	18.2	18
Hurdygurdy Creek	16.4	16
Illilouette Creek	12.2	12
Illinois River - East Fork	9.1	9
Indian Creek (Caliente Creek tributary)	16.4	16
Indian Creek (Feather River - North Fork - East Branch tributary)	51.5	151
Indian Creek (Klamath River tributary)	19.4	19
Indian Creek (Navarro River tributary)	14	14
Indian Creek (Trinity River tributary)	14.3	14
Jackass Creek	17	17
Jenny Creek	3.9	4
Jesus Maria Creek	18.1	18
Jolon Creek	11	11
Kaiser Creek	15.2	15
Kaweah River	33.7	132
Kaweah River - East Fork	22.5	23
Kaweah River - Marble Fork	15.5	16
Kaweah River - Middle Fork	14.8	15
Kaweah River - North Fork	21.4	21
Kaweah River - South Fork	24.3	24
Kern River	128.8	358
Kern River - South Fork	100.1	135
Keys Creek	13.6	14
Kings Creek	11.4	11
Kings River	98.6	334
Kings River - Middle Fork	35	46
Kings River - North Fork	40.3	70
Kings River - South Fork	42.2	87
Klamath River	211.9	1,350
Kosk Creek	17.3	17
La Brea Creek	7.3	24
La Brea Creek - North Fork	16.8	17
Larabee Creek	18.4	18
Las Aquilas Creek	13.5	14
Last Chance Creek	43.5	87
Las Virgenes Creek	11.6	12
Lawrence Creek	16.4	16
Lewis Creek	33.7	34
Lily Creek	11.6	12
Little Antelope Creek	17.8	18
Little Butte Creek	20.2	20
Little Cow Creek	38.4	53
Little Creek	13.6	14
Little Grizzly Creek	11.6	12
Littlejohns Creek	17.5	56
Little Kern River	24.4	24
Little Poso Creek	12.9	13
Little Shasta River	25.9	26
Little Sulphur Creek	16.4	16
Little Sur River	15.5	16
Little Truckee River	34.3	34
Little Van Duzen River	18.2	18
Little Walker River	15.5	16
Llagas Creek	31	31
Lone Tree Creek	16.7	17
Long Prairie Creek	4.1	4
Los Angeles River	51.6	52
Los Banos Creek	9.6	42
Los Gatos Creek	55.8	89
Los Muertos Creek	13.9	29
Lost River	18.9	19
Lower Rock Creek	14.3	45
Lyle Fork	13.8	14
Mad River	114	114
Malibu Creek	13.4	25
Mammoth Creek	12.1	12
Manzana Creek	20.1	20
Mariposa Creek	46.1	46
Mark West Creek	30	30
Martis Creek	13.2	13
Mattole River	70.6	83
Mattole River - North Fork	12.2	12
McCarty Creek	12.9	13
McCloud River	76.6	147
McGee Creek (Convict Creek tributary)	13	13
McGee Creek (Horton Creek tributary)	17.2	17
Merced River	145	277
Merced River - North Fork	19.2	19
Merced River - South Fork	45.6	62
Middle Tuolumne River	32.2	32
Middle Yuba River	55.4	55
Mill Creek (Kings River tributary)	32.9	33
Mill Creek (Pit River - South Fork tributary)	14	30
Mill Creek (Sacramento River tributary)	56.8	57
Mill Creek (Thomes Creek tributary)	16.3	16
Mill Creek (Trinity River tributary)	16.3	16
Mission Creek	21.5	22
Moffett Creek	24.6	25
Mojave River	70.7	113
Mokelumne River	74.2	552
Mokelumne River - Middle Fork	29.4	57
Mokelumne River - North Fork	64.5	65
Mokelumne River - South Fork	27.5	28
Mono Creek	27.9	28
Mud Creek (McCloud River tributary)	17.4	17
Mud Creek (Sacramento River tributary)	22.7	97
Mulkey Creek	11.9	12
Murrieta Creek	13.7	29
Nacimiento River	66.2	66
Napa River	57.8	69
Navajo Creek	16.2	16
Navarro River	28.6	105
Navarro River - North Fork	6.7	25
Navarro River - North Fork - South Branch	18.2	18
New River	65.1	65
New River	21.4	21
Nordheimer Creek	12.6	13
North Honcut Creek	24.6	69
North Yuba River	61.1	124
Noyo River	34.8	35
Oak Run Creek	26.3	26
Oat Creek	22.4	22
Old Cow Creek	36.6	37
Onion Valley Creek	12.5	13
Orestimba Creek	26.4	56
Orestimba Creek - North Fork	12.7	13
Orestimba Creek - South Fork	16.6	17
Outlet Creek	21.5	22
Owens River	198	364
Pajaro River	29.5	241
Pancho Rico Creek	28.4	28
Panoche Creek	45.3	45
Parker Creek	13.2	13
Parks Creek	20.7	21
Paynes Creek	34.3	34
Pescadero Creek	26.6	27
Petes Creek	16.1	16
Pine Creek (Klamath River tributary)	21.3	21
Pine Creek (Lower Rock Creek tributary)	14.8	15
Pine Creek (Reeds Creek tributary)	18.6	19
Piru Creek	71.4	90
Pit River	206.4	674
Pit River - North Fork	21.5	35
Pit River - South Fork	36	66
Piute Creek (San Joaquin River - South Fork tributary)	13.6	14
Piute Creek ( Tuolumne River tributary)	17.7	18
Poso Creek	88.2	115
Quien Sabe Creek	15	15
Rancheria Creek (Navarro River tributary)	37.2	37
Rancheria Creek (Tuolumne River tributary)	24.3	24
Rattlesnake Creek	14.7	15
Reading Creek	17.7	18
Red Bank Creek	42.4	42
Red Cap Creek	21	21
Red Clover Creek	30.2	30
Redwood Creek	65.3	65
Reeds Creek	21.6	40
Return Creek	14.9	15
Rice Fork	22.7	23
Roaring River	16.8	17
Robinson Creek	25.4	60
Rock Creek (Kern River tributary)	13.1	13
Rock Creek (Littlejohns Creek tributary)	21.3	39
Rock Creek (Lower Rock Creek tributary)	15.8	16
Rock Creek (Mud Creek (Sacramento River tributary))	28.4	28
Rockpile Creek	22.6	23
Rose Creek	14.3	14
Rough Creek	8.3	18
Rubicon River	58	74
Rubicon River - South Fork	16.2	16
Rush Creek (Feather River - North Fork - East Branch tributary)	12.8	13
Rush Creek (Trinity River tributary)	14.5	15
Russian River	116.3	216
Sacramento River	370.3	4,322
Salinas River	183.4	659
Salmon Creek (Eel River - South Fork tributary)	13.2	13
Salmon Creek (Kern River tributary)	10.3	10
Salmon River	19.6	132
Salmon River - North Fork	36.9	37
Salmon River - South Fork	39.5	40
Salt Creek (Eel River - North Fork tributary)	11.6	12
Salt Creek (Sacramento River tributary)	17.8	18
San Antonio Creek (Calaveras River - South Fork tributary)	32.6	33
San Antonio Creek (Eastern Pacific Ocean tributary)	33.4	33
San Antonio River	60.6	72
San Benito River	110.6	181
San Diego River	50.5	73
San Dieguito River	22.3	75
San Domingo Creek	19.6	20
San Felipe Creek	48.7	49
San Gabriel River	60.2	74
San Gorgonio River	26.8	27
San Jacinto River	42.2	62
San Joaquin River	341.4	2,642
San Joaquin River - Middle Fork	26.6	47
San Joaquin River - North Fork	17.7	18
San Joaquin River - South Fork	51.4	76
San Juan Creek (Eastern Pacific Ocean tributary)	23.2	23
San Juan Creek (Estrella River tributary)	57.4	74
San Lorenzo Creek	46.1	80
San Lorenzo River	29.4	29
San Luis Rey River	70.2	95
San Luis Rey River - West Fork	11.5	12
San Marcos Creek	13.6	14
San Mateo Creek	26.8	27
San Onofre Creek	16.5	17
Santa Ana River	98.5	130
Santa Clara River	82.6	250
Santa Margarita River	30.8	140
Santa Maria Creek	17.5	18
Santa Maria River	24.6	281
Santa Paula Creek	16.5	17
Santa Rosa Creek	15.6	16
Santa Ynez River	93.3	121
Santiago Creek	31	31
San Vicente Creek	22.4	22
San Ysabel Creek	35.3	53
Scott River	57.6	110
Scott River - East Fork	16.6	17
Scott River - South Fork	11.6	12
Sespe Creek	61.5	62
Shasta River	59.6	106
Shovel Creek	15.2	15
Silver Creek	22.1	49
Silver Creek - South Fork	26.5	27
Silver King Creek	15.1	15
Sisquoc River	57.9	102
Slab Creek	12.6	13
Slate Creek	28.4	28
Smith River	26.1	126
Smith River - Middle Fork	27.5	28
Smith River - North Fork	14.6	15
Smith River - South Fork	41.3	58
Sonoma Creek	34.5	35
Soquel Creek	18.4	18
Sour Grass Creek	13.6	14
South Cow Creek	31	31
South Dobbyn Creek	10.3	10
South Honcut Creek	26.9	27
South Mokelumne River	15.4	568
South Yuba River	65.5	66
Spanish Creek	28.9	29
Spring Creek	12.8	13
Squaw Valley Creek	31.5	32
Stanislaus River	94.3	301
Stanislaus River - Middle Fork	47.6	66
Stanislaus River - North Fork	44.1	78
Stanislaus River - South Fork	48.5	49
Stony Creek	76.5	153
Stony Creek - Middle Fork	15.2	29
Stony Creek - North Fork	13.4	13
Stony Creek - South Fork	13.3	13
Stuart Fork	22.3	22
Susan River	69.7	120
Sutter Creek	32.9	33
Swauger Creek	14.3	14
Sweetwater River	58.8	59
Swift Creek	16.8	17
Tectah Creek	15	15
Tehachapi Creek	20.2	20
Temecula Creek	32	80
Tenaya Creek	13.8	14
Ten Mile River	7.2	61
Ten Mile River - Middle Fork	16.4	16
Ten Mile River - North Fork	16.9	17
Ten Mile River - South Fork	20.3	20
Thomes Creek	66.8	96
Thompson Creek	12.3	12
Tomki Creek	23.1	23
Tres Pinos Creek	27.6	70
Trinity River	166.1	507
Trinity River - North Fork	28	28
Trinity River - South Fork	87.4	142
Truckee River	37.6	85
Tuolumne River	152	464
Tuolumne River - North Fork	35.8	36
Tuolumne River - South Fork	29.3	62
Van Duzen River	75.3	137
Virginia Creek	16.4	16
Walker Basin Creek	28	28
Walnut Creek	13.6	14
Warm Springs Creek	15	15
Warner Creek	8.5	20
Warthan Creek	33.4	33
Weber Creek	21.2	21
West Walker River	53.6	69
Whitewater River	66	114
Willow Creek (Ash Creek (Pit River tributary))	24.9	25
Willow Creek (Klamath River tributary)	18.1	18
Willow Creek - North Fork (San Joaquin River tributary)	26.6	27
Willow Creek (San Joaquin River tributary)	7	34
Willow Creek (Susan River tributary)	33.9	50
Wilson Creek	16.7	35
Wolf Creek	22.6	23
Wooley Creek	23	23
Wyandotte Creek	17.1	17
Yager Creek	14.8	43
Yager Creek - North Fork	12.2	12
Yellow Creek	25.3	25
Yosemite Creek	13.2	13
Yuba River	39.9	313

Note: Lengths are for the part of the river/watershed within the boundary of this state.

Note: Mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.

Data from United States Geological Survey