Wheatfield Fork Gualala River Explained

Wheatfield Fork Gualala River
Pushpin Map:USA California
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth in California
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Sonoma County
Source1 Location:8-1NaN-1 southwest of Cloverdale, California
Source1 Coordinates:38.7481°N -123.1453°W
Source1 Elevation:1700feet
Mouth:South Fork Gualala River
Mouth Location:east of Sea Ranch, California
Mouth Coordinates:38.7014°N -123.4158°W
Mouth Elevation:59feet
Tributaries Left:House Creek

The Wheatfield Fork Gualala River is a 35.1adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] stream in the mountains of western Sonoma County, California which empties into the South Fork Gualala River just east of Sea Ranch, California.

Course

Tributaries include:

Habitat and pollution

As of 2000, the Wheatfield Fork and all its major tributaries supported steelhead trout.[2]

Recreational paddling

After a significant amount of rainfall, the Wheatfield Fork has enough water for kayaking. It contains a 9.3 mile class 1 wilderness section, an 8.7 mile class 1 section near a road, and a steeper class 2+ section. [3]

Bridges

The Wheatfield Fork is spanned by a 5720NaN0 bridge at Annapolis Road about 1.70NaN0 east of State Route 1. The bridge was built in 1974.[4]

See also

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: Major Streams in Sonoma County. 2000. Bill. Cox. 2007-12-04.
  3. https://cacreeks.com/gualala.htm California Creeks article on paddling the Gaulala river, retrieved 2019-10-17
  4. Web site: National Bridge Inventory Database. 2008-01-31.