Milliken Creek (California) Explained

Milliken Creek
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Milliken Creek in California
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Napa County
Source1:Foss Valley
Source1 Location:50NaN0 east of Yountville
Source1 Coordinates:38.4231°N -122.2864°W
Source1 Elevation:1850feet
Mouth:Napa River
Mouth Location:Napa, California
Mouth Coordinates:38.3167°N -122.2769°W
Mouth Elevation:10feet
Basin Size:11.3sqmi

Milliken Creek is an 11.9adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] stream in Napa County, California, that is a tributary to the Napa River.[2] There are approximately 7300acres in this watershed, of which 90acres are developed as vineyards.[3] Milliken Creek rises on the western slopes of the east side of the Napa Valley and flows through the Silverado Country Club property. Much of this watershed property had once been part of the Mexican land grant Rancho Yajome, which had been granted to General Mariano G. Vallejo. Most of this watershed was wilderness area to at least 1869, and thereafter the lower watershed was begun to be developed as pasture and grazing agricultural uses. In a 1989 stream survey by Earth Metrics, the steelhead fishery was found to be robust up to and including the Silverado Country Club.[4]

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  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 10, 2011
  2. Napa Quadrangle, 7.5 Minute Series, U.S. Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington DC
  3. Web site: Napa Valley vineyard areas by watershed . 2007-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928195628/http://www.sfei.org/napawatershed/oct_19_2006/handouts/6b%20ECPA%20subbasins%20only.pdf . 2007-09-28 . dead .
  4. Earth Metrics Incorporated, "Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Silverado Country Club, Napa County, California", May, 1989