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Mill Creek near Occidental, CA

River8.6 mi
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Around Mill Creek

2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Mill Creek is an 8.6 mile river near Sonoma Zipline Adventures in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Dry C near Mouth near Healdsburg CA (site 11465350). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1982 to 2026

Mill Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 161 cfs, and lowest in October, at 89 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,810 cfs, in 2025.

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Typical flow by month at Dry C near Mouth near Healdsburg CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January13398 to 297
February139105 to 284
March161112 to 762
April12391 to 165
May9777 to 134
June10184 to 119
July9586 to 110
August9385 to 104
September9081 to 103
October8979 to 99
November115103 to 128
December131113 to 182

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 39 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Dry C near Mouth near Healdsburg CA (site 11465350). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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