Mill Creek (Mono Lake)

Mill Creek
Beaver dam on Mill Creek in Lundy Canyon
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionMono and Tuolumne County
CityMono City
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Cascade
 • locationSierra Nevada
 • coordinates37°59′06″N 119°18′29″W / 37.9849°N 119.3081°W / 37.9849; -119.3081
 • elevation10,400 ft (3,200 m)
MouthMono Lake
 • location
Mono City, California
 • coordinates
38°00′58″N 119°07′42″W / 38.01611°N 119.12833°W / 38.01611; -119.12833[1]
 • elevation
6,378 ft (1,944 m)
Length14.5 mi (23.3 km)
Basin size24.7 sq mi (64 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationBelow Lundy Lake[2]
 • average25.6 cu ft/s (0.72 m3/s)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightSouth Fork Mill Creek,[3] Deer Creek (Tehama County, California)

Mill Creek is a 14.5-mile-long (23.3 km)[4] perennial stream that flows east from the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range into Mono Lake, in Mono County, California. It courses through Lundy Canyon[5] and Lundy Lake, before passing through Mono City, California on its way to Mono Lake.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill Creek
  2. ^ a b "USGS Gage #10287070 on Mill Creek below Lundy Lake near Mono Lake (Actual): Monthly Streamflow". National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1969–1990. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Fork Mill Creek
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 17, 2011
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lundy Canyon

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