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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 ), [ 4 ] or about a third of the 2,150 sq mi (5,600 km 2 ) American River watershed.
Between White Hall and Kyburz, a pair of four-lane bridges over the South Fork American River, carrying a realignment across a bend in the river, were dedicated on May 31, 1995, as the El Dorado County Veterans Bridges. [74] The route through the South Fork American River Canyon remains vulnerable to mudslides and other storm damage. One ...
According to a map created by Eugène Duflot de Mofras, a French naturalist and explorer, and published in Paris in 1844, Putah Creek was once known as Young's River, named for the fur trapper Ewing Young, who hunted beaver on an expedition up Putah Creek to Clear Lake and on to the Mendocino County Coast in March, 1833.
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]
Strawberry is a small unincorporated community on the South Fork American River, 3.25 miles (5 km) south-southwest of Pyramid Peak, [2] along U.S. Route 50 in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The sign on the highway reads “population 50”.
Cosumnes River Bridge: El Dorado ED 0.00-38.23: Placerville: 14.90: US 50 – Lake Tahoe, Sacramento: 15.69: SR 193 north – Georgetown: Eastern terminus of SR 193: Coloma: 22.87: Cold Springs Road – Gold Hill: Eastern terminus of SR 153: Cool: 34.47: SR 193 east – Greenwood, Georgetown: South end of SR 193 overlap: North Fork American ...
Location: Northern California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: Silver Fork American River South Fork American River Watershed: Primary outflows: Silver Fork American River: Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: El Dorado Irrigation District: Surface area: 525 acres (212 ha): Average depth: 73 Feet: Surface elevation: 7,200 feet (2,200 m): Islands: Treasure Island ...
Kings River (Divides into the North Fork, South Fork and Clark's Fork distributaries in the San Joaquin Valley, not to be confused with the North and South Forks in the Sierra Nevada headwaters. North Fork connects to the Fresno Slough that drains into the San Joaquin River (during high flows), before turning to the south rejoining with the ...