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The American Valley is located in the middle of the upper Feather basin. Spanish Creek and Greenhorn Creek join in the valley, and Spanish Creek flows north to join Indian Creek, forming the East Branch North Fork Feather River. American Valley is about 3,410 feet (1,040 m) in elevation and supports a population of about 6,500.
The Feather River Route is a rail line that was built and operated by the Western Pacific Railroad. It was constructed between 1906 and 1909, and connects the cities of Oakland, California , and Salt Lake City , Utah .
The North Fork Feather River is a watercourse of the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades in the U.S. state of California.It flows generally southwards from its headwaters near Lassen Peak to Lake Oroville, a reservoir formed by Oroville Dam in the foothills of the Sierra, where it runs into the Feather River.
Through the Feather River Canyon, from SR 149 to US 395, SR 70 is the Feather River Scenic Byway, a Forest Service Byway that parallels the ex-Western Pacific Railroad's Feather River Route. The Beckwourth Trail was the earliest predecessor of SR 70, which was a spur of the California Trail. This was followed by the railroad, mostly built on ...
The Grizzly Valley is a 21 sq mi (54 km 2) landform of the upper Middle Fork Feather watershed that receives 29-37 inches of annual precipitation. [11] The valley is the location of Lake Davis , an impoundment of Big Grizzly Creek by the 1967 Grizzly Valley Dam.
The Feather River Route was originally constructed between 1906 and 1909 while the highway was built in the 1920s. There are several large alluvial valleys in the East Branch watershed. Indian Creek flows through Indian Valley, which includes the communities of Greenville and Taylorsville. Spanish Creek flows through the American Valley, which ...
Indian Creek is a major stream in the southern Cascade Range and northern Sierra Nevada of Plumas County, California and is part of the Feather River system. The creek is 47 miles (76 km) long, [1] flowing through a series of small towns and farming valleys in a rural, mountainous area.
The East Branch North Fork Feather River is a left tributary of the North Fork Feather River extending past Twain to near Belden. [5] East Branch headwaters begin along ~46 mi (74 km) of the Sierra Crest from the triple watershed point with the North Fork (Bear Valley Creek headwaters) across Diamond Mountain (Indian Creek), Black Mountain, and ...