Windsor Creek
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Windsor Creek is an Script error: No such module "convert".[1] southward-flowing stream in Sonoma County, California, United States, which rises near Healdsburg, California, and feeds into Mark West Creek west of the Sonoma County Airport. Its waters reach the Pacific Ocean by way of the Russian River.
Course
Windsor Creek rises about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Healdsburg. It descends southward into the town of Windsor, paralleling Brooks Road to Hiram Lewis Park. It parallels Brooks Road South to U.S. Route 101, crossing under the freeway at milepost 29.5. It continues southwest through farmland to a confluence with Pool Creek east of Pratt Road. From there, it flows south to empty into Mark West Creek about Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Forestville.
Watershed
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Pollution
The Community Clean Water Institute (CCWI) monitors pollutants in Windsor Creek and other Sonoma County streams. Their sampling showed that Windsor creek exceeded the North Coast Basin Plan Objectives for conductivity and dissolved oxygen in 2006.[3] CCWI has also issued alerts for nitrates in Windsor Creek.[4]
Bridges
Windsor Creek is crossed by at least five bridges:[5]
- at Old Redwood Highway, a Script error: No such module "convert". prestressed concrete span built in 1995,
- at Windsor Road north of Wilson Lane, a Script error: No such module "convert". concrete slab built in 1967,
- at Mark West Station Road, an Script error: No such module "convert". concrete slab built in 1976,
- at U.S. Route 101, a Script error: No such module "convert". concrete culvert built in 1962, and
- at Conde Lane east of Bell Avenue, a Script error: No such module "convert". concrete culvert built in 1995.
See also
References
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 9, 2011
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