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California
Willow Creek
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What we do know
Inside Sierra National Forest
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Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 185 cfs
- Average current
- 1.7 ft/s
- Gradient
- 186.5 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 129 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Willow Creek
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Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this water
Willow Creek is a 7-mile paddling stretch near North Fork, California. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 185 cfs and a gradient of about 186.5 feet per mile. Land along it is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
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