South Fork Feather River
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| South Fork Feather River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Middle Fork Feather Watershed |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Ponderosa ReservoirA |
• location | Butte County |
| Basin size | 116 sq mi (300 km2).[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Enterprise |
| • average | 305 cu ft/s (8.6 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0.5 cu ft/s (0.014 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 19,200 cu ft/s (540 m3/s) |
| APrior to Oroville Dam construction, the South Fork flowed to the Middle Fork Feather River. | |
The South Fork Feather River is a Lake Oroville tributary in the south portion of the Middle Fork Feather Watershed which drains several reservoirs including Little Grass Valley Reservoir.
| description | coordinates | |
|---|---|---|
| headwaters | headpoint, Pilot Peak | |
| South Fork | source, SSW of peak | |
| road, La Porte | ||
| South Fork in Little Grass Valley Reservoir |
inflow, reservoir | |
| confluence, Black Rock Creek | ||
| inflow, diversion from Slate Creek[2]: 38 | [specify] | |
| confluence, Tooms Creek | ||
| dam, Little Grass Valley[3] | ||
| South Fork | border, Plumas/Butte counties | [specify] |
| confluence, Post Creek | ||
| dam, South Fork Diversion 63-004 | ||
| confluence, Rock Creek | ||
| confluence, Know-nothing Creek | ||
| confluence, Lost Creek | ||
| dam | ||
| confluence, Oroleve Creek | ||
| dam | ||
| Ponderosa Reservoir & Lake Oroville South Arm |
mouth, South F @ Ponderosa Reservoir | |
| dam, Ponderosa Reservoir | ||
| road, Ponderosa Way | ||
| inflow, L Oroville South Arm | ||
| confluence, Sucker Run | ||
| road, Lumpkin | ||
| channel @ Enterprise Boat Ramp (BR) | ||
| former town, Enterprise
confluence, Powell Creek |
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| channel @ Stringtown Car-Top BR | ||
| former Feather River (prior to Lake Oroville) |
mouth (former), South F w/ Middle F | |
| outflow, Lake Oroville East Arm
road, Olive Hwy (CA 162) |
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| former confluence, North F w/ Feather r |