South Fork Backbone Creek – Stream in Shasta, California

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 234965

Location

State California

County Shasta

Feature Class Stream

Coordinates

DMS

40°49'17"N 122°30'19"W

Decimal Degrees

40.8212596, -122.5052931

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Schell Mountain

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Elmore (historical)

5.8 mi E

Hydrography

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Description

2 mile long tributary of Backbone Creek.

Nearby Features

Doe Gulch Valley · 0.4 mi NE
Doe Flat Flat · 0.5 mi NW
Box Canyon Valley · 0.5 mi NE
Modesto Fork Stream · 0.6 mi WNW
Buck Gulch Valley · 0.8 mi ENE
Beartrap Creek Stream · 1.5 mi E
Cunningham Creek Stream · 1.8 mi NE
North Fork Backbone Creek Stream · 1.9 mi E
Polly Creek Stream · 2.2 mi NNE
Ringeye Creek Stream · 2.3 mi E

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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