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The North Fork American River also flows into the lake, and the combined rivers form the American River proper, which flows from the dam southwest to a confluence with the Sacramento River. [8] The South Fork drains an area of 840 sq mi (2,200 km 2), [3] or about a third of the 2,150 sq mi (5,600 km 2) American River watershed. Major ...
The South Fork also features the historic town of Coloma, where the California Gold Rush began in 1848. Trout fishing and recreational gold panning are popular activities on the South Fork. The Silver Fork American River is a 20-mile-long (32 km) [6] tributary of the South Fork American River, that has its origin at Silver Lake [20]
Silver Creek is a major tributary of the South Fork American River in the Sierra Nevada mountain range. [1] It begins below the dam of Junction Reservoir where its two main tributaries meet — South Fork Silver Creek and Big Silver Creek.
Silver Fork American River is a tributary of the South Fork American River in the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe in Northern California.. It begins in Amador County above Silver Lake near Kit Carson, just west of Kirkwood Mountain Resort, at an elevation of almost 8,000 feet.
Sutter's Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the bank of the South Fork American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in California. It was named after its owner John Sutter. A worker constructing the mill, James W. Marshall, found gold there in 1848.
The project mainly utilizes water from the South Fork American River and its tributaries, although some water is drawn from the Rubicon River, a tributary of the Middle Fork American River. Project dams provide water storage of about 430,000 acre⋅ft (530,000 dam 3 ) and a total hydraulic head of 5,417 ft (1,651 m) from the highest reservoir ...
South Fork's Bliss Weiler plays Gateway in a No. 2 singles tennis match during the Region 7-3A final on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Martin County.
The name comes from the Nisenan Native Americans name for the valley in which Coloma is located: Cullumah, meaning 'beautiful.'Coloma is on the South Fork American River that runs through the valley and was built on the original Indian village of Koloma. [7]