Cedar Creek | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | California |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Mendocino County |
Length: | 11.2miles |
Source1: | Red Mountain, California |
Source1 Coordinates: | 39.543°N -123.3643°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 778feet |
Mouth: | South Fork Eel River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.502°N -123.423°W |
Cedar Creek is an 11.2adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the South Fork Eel River in Mendocino County in the U.S. state of California. The creek begins southeast of Red Mountain, at an elevation of 778feet. It makes an S-curve west-northwest then bends sharply south, dropping into the valley of the South Fork Eel. The confluence is south of the city of Leggett, on the river's right bank. The only named tributary of Cedar Creek is Little Cedar Creek, a headwaters tributary. Big Dann Creek joins the South Fork Eel on the same bank, just upstream of Cedar Creek, while the next major tributary downstream of Cedar is Rock Creek. The Cedar Creek watershed is rugged and has few tributaries.[2]