House Creek

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name = House Creek
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country = United States
state = California
region = Sonoma County
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tributary_left = Cedar Creek
tributary_left1 = Pepperwood Creek
tributary_left2 = Allen Creek
tributary_right = Britain Creek
tributary_right1 = Soda Spring Creek
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source = Welbridge Ridge
source_location = convert|14|mi|km|-1|lk=on|abbr=on west of Healdsburg, California
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source_elevation_imperial = 2200
source_lat_d = 38 | source_lat_m = 39 | source_lat_s = 11 | source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 123 | source_long_m = 6 | source_long_s = 37 | source_long_EW = W
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mouth = Wheatfield Fork Gualala River
mouth_location = convert|11|mi|km|0|lk=on|abbr=on north of Fort Ross, California
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mouth_elevation_imperial = 322
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House Creek is a stream in the mountains of western Sonoma County, California which empties into the Wheatfield Fork Gualala River.

Course

The creek originates on Welbridge Ridge and descends initially to the west. Cedar Creek enters from the southeast, then Britain Creek from the north. It follows Sewell Road soutward for about convert|0.5|mi|km|1 to where Pepperwood Creek enters from the east, then westward about convert|0.6|mi|km|0 to where Allen Creek enters from the southwest. It then flows generally northward. After Soda Spring Creek enters from the east, the creek crosses under Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road and empties into the Wheatfield Fork.

History

Habitat and pollution

As of 2000, House Creek and most of its major tributaries supported steelhead trout. [cite web|url=http://www.krisweb.com/biblio/marinsonoma_cdfg_cox_2000_streamsofsonoma.pdf|year=2000|first=Bill|last=Cox|title=Major Streams in Sonoma County|accessdate=2007-12-04] However, by 2002 the trout were so threatened that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration took action against Hedgpeth Ranch operator James Soper for killing 34 juvenile fish by driving a tractor through the creek. [cite web|url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2004/2004-06-18-09.asp|title=California Rancher Agrees to Removal of Flashboard Dams|accessdate=2008-03-21]

Bridges

The Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road bridge was built in 1921 and widened (to convert|34.5|ft|m|0) in 1976. By road it is convert|20.8|mi|km|0 east of State Route 1.cite web|url=http://nationalbridges.com/|title=National Bridge Inventory Database] It consists of three spans, each roughly convert|50|ft|m|0 long. Sonoma County bid out the seismic retrofitting of this structure in 2002.cite web|url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/tpw/projects/C01133/notice_to_contractors.htm|title=Notice to Contractors|accessdate=2008-03-21]

References

ee also

* List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area