Butte Creek is tributary to the Sacramento River, joining the river in the vicinity of Colusa, California. About 110 miles 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. A spring at the Sacramento River headwater The Sacramento River is the longest river in the state of California. ... Colusa is the county seat of Colusa County, California. ... Butte County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, north of Sacramento. ... The Sutter Buttes (also known as the Marysville Buttes or Histum Yani (Maidu)) is the smallest mountain range in the world. ... Sutter County is a county located along the Sacramento River in the California Central Valley north of Sacramento. ... Chico is a city located in Butte County, California. ...
Recent efforts have brought back Chinook salmon and steelhead runs to the stream. Binomial name Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792) The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (derived from Russian чавыча), is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. ... Binomial name Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum, 1792 The Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), also called steelhead trout, is a single species of trout native to the Pacific Ocean and in North American rivers and lakes west of the Rocky Mountains. ...
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. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is the utility that provides power to most of Northern California. ...
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