| House Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | California |
| Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of House Creek in California |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | California |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Sonoma County |
| Source1: | Welbridge Ridge |
| Source1 Location: | 14-1NaN-1 west of Healdsburg, California |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 38.6531°N -123.1103°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 2200feet |
| Mouth: | Wheatfield Fork Gualala River |
| Mouth Location: | 110NaN0 north of Fort Ross, California |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 38.6625°N -123.2339°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 322feet |
| Tributaries Left: | Cedar Creek, Pepperwood Creek, Allen Creek |
| Tributaries Right: | Britain Creek, Soda Spring Creek |
House Creek is a 12.3adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] stream in the mountains of western Sonoma County, California which empties into the Wheatfield Fork Gualala River.
The creek originates on Welbridge Ridge and descends initially to the west. Cedar Creek enters from the southeast, then Britain Creek from the north. It follows Sewell Road southward for about 0.5miles to where Pepperwood Creek enters from the east, then westward about 0.6miles to where Allen Creek enters from the southwest. It then flows generally northward. After Soda Spring Creek enters from the east, the creek crosses under Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road and empties into the Wheatfield Fork.
As of 2000, House Creek and most of its major tributaries supported steelhead trout.[2] However, by 2002 the trout were so threatened that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration took action against Hedgpeth Ranch operator James Soper for killing 34 juvenile fish by driving a tractor through the creek.[3]
The Stewarts Point Skaggs Springs Road bridge was built in 1921 and widened to in 1976. By road it is east of State Route 1.[4] It consists of three spans, each roughly 50feet long. Sonoma County bid out the seismic retrofitting of this structure in 2002.[5]