Butte Creek (Butte County, California)

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Name: Butte Creek (Butte County, California)
Water system: Sacramento River
Water type: River
Progression: Sacramento River -> Suisun Bay -> Carquinez Strait -> San Pablo Bay -> San Francisco Bay -> Golden Gate strait -> Pacific Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Butte Creek is a tributary to the Sacramento River, joining the river in the vicinity of Colusa, California, United States.

About 93 miles (150 km) in length, it runs through much of Butte County, California (the county, however, receives its name from the Sutter Buttes in Sutter County, California).

It travels through a spectacular mini-Grand Canyon as it reaches the Sacramento Valley floor, where it then flows somewhat south and west of the city of Chico towards the southwestern corner of the county.

Recent efforts have brought back Chinook salmon and steelhead runs to the stream.

There are several dams in its upper reaches. The PG&E has facilities at Centerville. The Paradise Irrigation District has Paradise Dam impounding Paradise Lake and the smaller Magalia Dam just beneath it on Little Butte Creek.

Butte Creek (Butte County, California)

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