These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San Francisco Bay Area are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so that tributaries entering nearest the sea appear first. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature identifiers.
Pacific Coast north of the Golden Gate
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San Francisco Bay and its tributaries
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Northern San Francisco Bay
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Watercourses which feed into San Francisco Bay and its tributary bays between the Golden Gate and Point San Pedro, numbered south to north:
Coyote Creek (221733)
Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio (254575)
San Clemente Creek (217925)
Corte Madera Creek (Marin County, California) (258743)
Tamalpais Creek (235983)
Ross Creek (231905)
San Anselmo Creek (232364)
Sleepy Hollow Creek (249570)
Fairfax Creek (223329)
Carey Camp Creek (220595)
Cascade Creek (220663)
San Rafael Creek (232467)
Watercourses which feed into San Pablo Bay or the Carquinez Strait between Point San Pedro and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge , numbered west to east:
Gallinas Creek (224018)
South Fork Gallinas Creek (235006)
Miller Creek (228730)
Novato Creek (229802)
Arroyo San Jose (218406)
Bowman Canyon (219721)
Petaluma River (253749)
Tolay Creek (236414)
Sonoma Creek (234882)
Napa Slough (229414)
East Branch (222851)
Second Napa Slough (232776)
Third Napa Slough (236244)
Railroad Slough (231180)
Steamboat Slough (235419)
China Slough (221058)
Fowler Creek (223770)
Agua Caliente Creek (218327)
Hooker Creek (225537)
Wilson Creek (237965)
Butler Canyon (220277)
Whitman Canyon (237706)
Calabazas Creek (254687)
Graham Creek (224379)
Yulupa Creek (238301)
Bear Creek (218803)
Napa River (255110)
Napa Slough (229414)
Devils Slough (222329)
Huichica Creek (225741)
White Slough (237683)
American Canyon Creek (218229)
Carneros Creek (220626)
Suscol Creek (235838)
Tulucay Creek (255164)
Kreuse Creek (226687)
Murphy Creek (229347)
Milliken Creek (234307)
Napa Creek (229413)
Soda Creek (234828)
Dry Creek (233800)
Conn Creek (233707)
Rector Creek (234547)
Sage Creek (234602)
Chiles Creek (233665)
Bale Slough (218624)
Sulphur Creek (235712)
York Creek (238269)
Mill Creek (228685)
Ritchey Creek (252565)
Nash Creek (229417)
Southampton Creek
Watercourses which feed into Lake Berryessa, numbered clockwise from Monticello Dam :
Wragg Creek (238192)
Capell Creek (220581)
Smittle Creek (234731)
Trout Creek (236563)
Pope Creek (234501)
Maxwell Creek (228249)
Hardin Creek (261085)
Burton Creek (220252)
Stone Corral Creek (253935)
Butts Creek (233590) – flows from Lake County.
Routan Creek (234593) – flows from Lake County.
Snell Creek (234752)
Putah Creek (234522) – flows from Lake County.
Cement Creek (220810)
Dyer Creek (222789)
Eticuera Creek (223262)
Adams Creek (217966)
Nevada Creek (229475)
Zim Zim Creek (238320)
Watercourses which feed into Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay, listed clockwise from Benicia to Martinez :
Sulphur Springs Creek (235735)
Suisun Slough (253945)
Cordelia Slough (221556)
Green Valley Creek (224575)
Wild Horse Creek (237756)
Montezuma Slough (234323)
Sacramento River (1654949) – flows from Sacramento County
San Joaquin River (273488) – flows from Sacramento County
For tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, see List of rivers in California .
Southern Carquinez Strait and San Pablo Bay
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Watercourses which feed into the Carquinez Strait or San Pablo Bay between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and Point San Pablo , numbered east to west:
Arroyo del Hambre (255059)
Bull Valley Creek
Elkhorn Creek
Edwards Creek
Cañada del Cierbo (220523)
Rodeo Creek (231801)
Refugio Creek (231480)
Pinole Creek (230743)
Garrity Creek (224083)
Rheem Creek
San Pablo Creek (232457)
Lauterwasser Creek (226957)
Bear Creek (218800)
Castro Creek (220706)
Northeastern San Francisco Bay
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Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between Point San Pablo and the Bay Bridge , numbered north to south:
Meeker Slough
Baxter/Stege Creek
Fluvius Innominatus/Central Creek
Cerrito Creek (254734)
Middle/Blackberry Creek
Schoolhouse Creek
Codornices Creek (254755)
Strawberry Creek (235581)
Potter Creek
Derby Creek
Temescal Creek (236092)
Eastern San Francisco Bay
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Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the Bay Bridge and the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge , numbered from north to south:
Glen Echo Creek (224215)
Indian Gulch (225879)
Sausal Creek (232602)
Peralta Creek (230520)
Lion Creek (227172)
Elmhurst Creek
San Leandro Creek (232428)
Redwood Creek (231419)
Miller Creek
Kaiser Creek (254842)
Moraga Creek
Indian Creek (225858)
San Lorenzo Creek (232434)
Castro Valley Creek
Crow Creek (233742)
Cull Creek (221904)
Norris Creek (229589)
Bolinas Creek (219604)
Palomares Creek (230280)
Eden Canyon Creek (222968)
Sulphur Creek (235709)
Ward Creek (237227)
Southeastern San Francisco Bay
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Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge and the Dumbarton Bridge , listed north to south:
Mount Eden Creek (229145)
Alameda Creek (1654946)
Dry Creek (222606)
Stonybrook Canyon (235553)
Arroyo de la Laguna (218389)
Sheridan Creek (234690)
San Antonio Creek (1654950)
Indian Creek (225864)
Apperson Creek (218316)
La Costa Creek
Williams Gulch (237847)
Pirates Creek (230775)
Haynes Gulch (225064)
Welch Creek
Calaveras Creek (254688)
Southern San Francisco Bay
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Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay south of the Dumbarton Bridge, listed clockwise:
Western San Francisco Bay
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Watercourses which feed into the west shore of San Francisco Bay between the Dumbarton Bridge and the Golden Gate, listed south to north:
Pacific Coast south of the Golden Gate
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San Francisco Coast
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Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Thornton Beach, from north to south:
Northern San Mateo Coast
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Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Thornton Beach and Miramontes Point, numbered north to south:
Milagra Creek
Calera Creek
Rockaway Creek
San Pedro Creek (234639)
San Vicente Creek (234642)
Denniston Creek (233779)
Arroyo de en Medio (233428)
Naples Creek
Frenchmans Creek (233909)
Pilarcitos Creek (253889)
Central San Mateo Coast
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Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Miramontes Point and Pigeon Point , numbered north to south:
Cañada Verde Creek (1786133)
Purisima Creek (253798)
Lobitos Creek (254929)
Tunitas Creek (236624)
San Gregorio Creek (232403)
Pomponio Creek (230913)
Long Gulch (227559)
Dairy Gulch (221978)
Pescadero Creek (234452) – flows from Santa Cruz County
Arroyo de los Frijoles (218391)
Spring Bridge Gulch (235229)
Yankee Jim Gulch (238228)
Southern San Mateo Coast
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Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean south of Pigeon Point, numbered north to south:
Gazos Creek (224105) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Old Womans Creek (229991) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Old Womans Creek (1701701)
Whitehouse Creek (237690) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Cascade Creek (220660) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Green Oaks Creek (224554) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Año Nuevo Creek (254567) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Cold Dip Creek (252424) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Finney Creek (223512) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
Elliot Creek (223153) – flows from Santa Cruz County.
See also
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San Francisco Bay Area portal
References
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^ Cox, Bill (2000). "Major Streams in Sonoma County" (PDF) . Retrieved 2007-12-04 .
^ Point Reyes National Seashore Trail Map , San Rafael, CA: Tom Harrison Maps, 2003.
^ "Laguna Creek Watershed". Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District . Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District. Retrieved 31 January 2019 .
^ "Agua Fria Creek Watershed". Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District . Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District. Retrieved 31 January 2019 .
^ Kamiya, Gary. "A Walking Tour of San Francisco's Hidden Waters". San Francisco Magazine . Modern Luxury. Retrieved 2014-03-28 .
External links
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Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Creeks