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Around Sonoma Creek
- San Pablo Bay National Wildlife RefugeRecreation area8.3 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Marin Islands National Wildlife RefugeRecreation area20.1 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Cordell Bank National Marine SanctuaryRecreation area23.3 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Cedar Roughs WildernessRecreation area23.5 mi (opens in a new tab)
Temperature from a 1980 federal survey. The record says nothing about access, ownership or current conditions.
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Thermal springs: NOAA NCEI (1980) · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · 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
Sonoma Creek is a 30.0 mile river near Sonoma Zipline Adventures in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sonoma Creek at Kenwood CA (site 11458433). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2009 to 2027
Sonoma Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 17 cfs, and lowest in August, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,350 cfs, in 2019.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 2.3 to 38 |
| February | 9.0 | 3.8 to 50 |
| March | 17 | 3.5 to 52 |
| April | 9.8 | 2.3 to 22 |
| May | 3.3 | 0.8 to 5.5 |
| June | 0.6 | 0.2 to 1.3 |
| July | 0.1 | 0.0 to 0.3 |
| August | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| September | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 |
| November | 0.1 | 0.0 to 1.1 |
| December | 2.7 | 0.4 to 28 |
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 18 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sonoma Creek at Kenwood CA (site 11458433). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Sonoma Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Gilardi's Lakeview MarinaPetaluma RiverRestricted
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