Honcut Creek
Stream in California, United States
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Honcut Creek is a stream in central California in the United States. It is a tributary of the Feather River and flows from the Sierra Nevada south and west into the river] in the Sacramento Valley.
| Honcut Creek | |
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 Map of the Feather River watershed including Honcut Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sierra Nevada, near Lake Oroville |
| Mouth | |
• location | Feather River |
• elevation | 72 feet (22 m) |
| Length | 20 miles (32 km) to farthest source |
Basin size | 130 square miles (340 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Sacramento River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Wilson Creek |
The headwaters are in the Sierra Nevada, and include: North Honcut, Upper Rocky Honcut, South Honcut, and Natchez creeks. The creek area in the lower Feather River watershed includes Honcut, California, and locations of former settlements such as the Maidu's Honkut at the mouth of Honcut Creek and Honcut City, California, along North Honcut Creek.[1]
