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California
Slide Creek
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What we do know
Inside Shasta-Trinity National Forest
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No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
7.0 mi run
Flows year-round
141 cfs avg flow
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 141 cfs
- Average current
- 1.4 ft/s
- Gradient
- 363.2 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 41 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Slide Creek
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Permits & access
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- Forest Service
About this water
Slide Creek is a 7-mile paddling stretch near Big Bar, California. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 141 cfs and a gradient of about 363.2 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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