Mill Creek (Tehama County)

Mill Creek is a large

thermal spring at an elevation of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) in Lassen Volcanic National Park. At first, the creek flows roughly south while meandering to the east and west, but the lower two-thirds of the creek flow roughly southwest until it reaches the Sacramento River at an elevation of only 200 feet (61 m), just north of Los Molinos, California

.

In the creek's upper reaches, it flows through

Pacific Lamprey

.

Mill Creek received its name in the 1840s by an explorer who proposed watermills be built along its course.^[2]

Mill Creek is primarily in private ownership. Many of the property owners participate in the Mill Creek Conservancy, a 501(c)(3) organization formed in 1994 by local landowners, local community, and others committed to the continued protection and management of Mill Creek’s historically pristine ecosystem by promoting resource protection and compatible land usage through cooperative efforts between landowners, federal and state agencies and other stakeholders. Partners include the Los Molinos Mutual Water Company, California’s Department of Fish & Wildlife, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the Nature Conservancy, and many other agencies and conservation organizations to create ongoing programs that protect and enhance the survival of Mill Creek’s threatened and endangered Chinook salmon and steelhead populations.^[3]

Notes

^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 10, 2011
^ "Place Names" (PDF). Tehama County Department of Education. p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ "Mill Creek Conservancy | About MCC". millcreekconservancy.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

References

[NHD-1] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 10, 2011

[2] "Place Names" (PDF). Tehama County Department of Education. p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[3] "Mill Creek Conservancy | About MCC". millcreekconservancy.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

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v t e Rivers of California's Central Valley watershed (north-to-south)
Sacramento River watershed	Pit River McCloud River Cow Creek Cottonwood Creek Battle Creek Mill Creek Deer Creek Thomes Creek Big Chico Creek Stony Creek Butte Creek Feather River North Fork East Branch West Branch Middle Fork South Fork Yuba River Bear River American River North Fork Middle Fork South Fork Cache Creek Putah Creek
San Joaquin River watershed	Mokelumne River Cosumnes River Calaveras River Stanislaus River Tuolumne River Clavey River Cherry Creek Merced River Mariposa Creek Chowchilla River Fresno River
Tulare Basin	Kings River Kaweah River Tule River White River Poso Creek Kern River