A tributary emerges from Buzzard Springs and flows into the Stump Ranch Marsh Area, where it joins the North Fork, which then flows southeast to Lake Almanor, a reservoir created by Canyon Dam.
įrom its source in Feather River Meadows the North Fork flows east. The total length of the Feather River from the source of Rice Creek to the Sacramento River is about 184 miles (296 km). The North Fork's length is about 100 miles (160 km), or about 111 miles (179 km) including Rice Creek. Rice Creek, labeled North Arm Rice Creek on USGS topo maps, flows south from its source at Cold Boiling Lake, 40☂7′24″N 121☂9′4″W / 40.45667°N 121.48444°W / 40.45667 -121.48444, in Lassen Volcanic National Park, through Crumbaugh Lake, and south to join the South Arm Rice Creek, forming the North Fork Feather River. USGS topographic maps, as of 1995, are mislabeled for South Arm, North Arm Rice Creek, Rice Creek and North Fork Feather River. The names and confluence locations of the streams in this area were changed by the Board on Geographic Names in 1927. North Fork īuzzard Springs, partial source of the North Fork Feather River, near Rice Creek and with Lassen Peak in the background It empties into the Sacramento River from the north, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Sacramento. The Feather receives the Yuba River from the east at Yuba City and the Bear River from the east 15 miles (24 km) south of Yuba City. From there the river flows generally south across the Sacramento Valley, east of the Sutter Buttes, past Oroville and Yuba City– Marysville. The main stem Feather River begins at Oroville Dam, the outlet of Lake Oroville. The South Fork and the West Branch are much smaller, each drains less than 5% of the upper basin. The Middle Fork is the second largest, draining about 32% of the upper basin. In terms of drainage areas the largest is the North Fork, which drains about 60% of the entire upper Feather River watershed. The river rises in four main forks in the Sierra Nevada which unite as arms of the Lake Oroville reservoir in the foothills 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Oroville in eastern Butte County. The Feather is unique in that two of its tributaries, the East Branch and Middle Fork, originate east of the Sierra Nevada in the Diamond Mountains and breach the crest of the Sierra as they flow west.
The average annual flow of the Feather River is more than 7 million acre feet (3.3 km 3).
Its water is also used for hydroelectricity generation. Since the 1960s, the river has provided water to central and southern California, as the main source of water for the California State Water Project. The Feather River and its forks were a center of gold mining during the 19th century. The total drainage basin is about 6,200 square miles (16,000 km 2), with approximately 3,604 square miles (9,330 km 2) above Lake Oroville. These and other tributaries drain part of the northern Sierra Nevada, and the extreme southern Cascades, as well as a small portion of the Sacramento Valley. The main stem Feather River begins in Lake Oroville, where its four long tributary forks join-the South Fork, Middle Fork, North Fork, and West Branch Feather Rivers. Its length to its most distant headwater tributary is just over 210 miles (340 km). The river's main stem is about 73 miles (117 km) long. The Feather River is the principal tributary of the Sacramento River, in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. The artificially connected Sutter Basin and Butte Creek drainage basins are indicated in yellow.Ĭonfluence of Rice Creek and South Arm Rice Creek, Plumas CountyĤ0☂1′47″N 121☂7′05″W / 40.36306°N 121.45139°W / 40.36306 -121.45139
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