| Big Sulphur Creek | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | California |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sonoma County |
| Length: | 20miles |
| Source1: | Pine Mountain |
| Source1 Location: | 120NaN0 northeast of Healdsburg, California |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 38.7494°N -122.7131°W |
| Mouth: | Russian River |
| Mouth Location: | north of Cloverdale, California |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.8183°N -123.0108°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 299feet |
| Basin Size: | 60sqmi[1] |
| Tributaries Left: | Truitt Creek, Little Sulphur Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Hot Springs Creek, Cobb Creek, Squaw Creek, Frasier Creek |
Big Sulphur Creek is a westward-flowing stream in northern Sonoma County, California, United States, which springs from The Geysers in the Mayacamas Mountains and runs 20miles to empty into the Russian River.
The creek originates on Pine Mountain in the Geysers area, near the Lake County line. It descends to the west, passing north of Sheepskin Rock. North of Mercuryville, it meets Geysers Road, which it parallels the rest of the way to the City of Cloverdale. After Hot Springs Creek and Cobb Creek enter from the right, Big Sulphur Creek passes Geysers Resort and Eagle Rock. Then Truitt Creek enters from the left, Squaw Creek and Frasier Creek enter from the right, and Little Sulphur Creek enters from the left. Big Sulphur Creek emerges into the northern end of Alexander Valley and empties into the Russian River 2miles north of Cloverdale.
The creek's drainage basin covers about 60sqmi[1] in the Mayacamas Mountains in northern Sonoma County.
When surveyed in 1973, Big Sulphur Creek supported snakes, salamanders, frogs, many kinds of fish (both steelhead and rainbow trout, Sacramento pikeminnow, suckers and roach), flies (trichoptera, diptera, hemiptera, plecoptera and odonata), and aquatic plants (sedges, cattails, and algae).[1]
As of 2000, the creek and two of its tributaries (Little Sulphur Creek and Squaw Creek) still supported steelhead trout.[2]
Big Sulphur Creek is spanned by two bridges:[3]