Van Duzen River
Van Duzen River Van Duzen's Fork | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Trinity County, Humboldt County |
Cities | Dinsmore, Bridgeville, Carlotta, Hydesville, Rohnerville |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Hettenshaw Valley |
• location | About 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Ruth Reservoir, Trinity County |
• coordinates | 40°15′16″N 123°23′56″W / 40.25444°N 123.39889°W |
• elevation | 3,560 ft (1,090 m) |
Mouth | Eel River |
• location | Humboldt County |
• coordinates | 40°32′54″N 124°09′40″W / 40.54833°N 124.16111°W |
• elevation | 33 ft (10 m)[1] |
Length | 63 mi (101 km) |
Basin size | 429 sq mi (1,110 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | near Bridgeville[2] |
• average | 846 cu ft/s (24.0 m3/s)[3] |
• minimum | 2.9 cu ft/s (0.082 m3/s) |
• maximum | 48,700 cu ft/s (1,380 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Eel River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Little Van Duzen River, Little Larabee Creek, Hoagland Creek |
• right | Grizzly Creek, Yager Creek |
Designated | January 19, 1981 |
The Van Duzen River is a
The river is used for recreation at locations including Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park and for industrial, agricultural and municipal water supply by residents living along the western portion of California State Route 36. The river also provides wildlife habitat for preservation of rare and endangered species including cold freshwater habitat for fish migration and spawning.[4] The primary land use in the watershed is timberland. Road construction and poor logging practices, particularly historical, have increased erosion, leading to excessive sediment buildup in the river and its tributaries. In addition, gravel mining, particularly at the confluence of the Van Duzen and Eel River, has increased erosion, affected channel alignment and may block fish migration.
About 26 percent of the land is owned by industrial
The Van Duzen River has been federally designated as a "
References
- ^ "Van Duzen River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
- ^ "USGS Gage #11478500 Van Duzen River near Bridgeville, CA" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1951–2013. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- ^ "USGS Gage #11478500 Van Duzen River near Bridgeville, CA" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1951–2013. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- ^ State of California Water Quality Control Plan North Coastal Basin 1B July 1975 p.13
- ^ Bledsoe, A.J. (1885). Indian Wars of the Northwest, A California Sketch. San Francisco: Bacon and Company. Retrieved 17 February 2013.