Dry Creek (Sonoma County, California) Explained

Dry Creek
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	California
Subdivision Type3:	Region
Subdivision Name3:	Sonoma and Mendocino counties
Source1:	Snow Mountain
Source1 Location:	60NaN0 west of Hopland
Source1 Coordinates:	38.9319°N -123.2172°W
Source1 Elevation:	760feet
Mouth:	Russian River
Mouth Location:	20NaN0 south of Healdsburg, California
Mouth Coordinates:	38.5861°N -122.8572°W
Mouth Elevation:	82feet

Dry Creek is a 43adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Mendocino. It is a tributary of the Russian River, with headwaters in Mendocino County.

The Dry Creek Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area.

Geography

Lake Sonoma and the Warm Springs Dam

See main article: Lake Sonoma. The creek flows roughly southeast until reaches Lake Sonoma, which is formed by the Warm Springs Dam. Several other creeks that used to merge with the creek now flow into the lake. Downstream of the dam, the creek continues flowing roughly southeast until its confluence with the Russian River.

Bridges

Dry Creek is spanned by numerous bridges, including:^[2]

• at Yoakim Bridge Road, a concrete continuous tee beam built in 1956
• at Westside Road, a steel truss built in 1934
• at Lambert Bridge Road, a steel truss built in 1915
• at State Route 128, a prestressed concrete Tee Beam built in 2005

See also

• Dry Creek Rancheria
• List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Sonoma County wine

Notes and References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
2. Web site: National Bridge Inventory Database . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131031210639/http://nationalbridges.com/ . 2013-10-31 .