Wheatfield Fork Gualala River

River in California, United States

The Wheatfield Fork Gualala River is a 35.1-mile-long (56.5 km)^[2] stream in the mountains of western Sonoma County, California which empties into the South Fork Gualala River just east of Sea Ranch, California.

Course

Tributaries include:

• Fuller Creek
• Haupt Creek
• Tobacco Creek
• Elk Creek
• House Creek
• Wolf Creek
• Tombs Creek

History

Habitat and pollution

As of 2000, the Wheatfield Fork and all its major tributaries supported steelhead trout.^[3]

Recreational paddling

After a significant amount of rainfall, the Wheatfield Fork has enough water for kayaking. It contains a 9.3 mile class 1 wilderness section, an 8.7 mile class 1 section near a road, and a steeper class 2+ section. ^[4]

Bridges

The Wheatfield Fork is spanned by a 572-foot (174 m) bridge at Annapolis Road about 1.7 mi (3 km) east of State Route 1. The bridge was built in 1974.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers in California
• List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheatfield Fork Gualala River
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
3. Cox, Bill (2000). "Major Streams in Sonoma County" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-12-04.
4. California Creeks article on paddling the Gaulala river, retrieved 2019-10-17
5. "National Bridge Inventory Database". Retrieved 2008-01-31.