Alger Creek
Appearance
Alger Creek Tributary to Rush Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
County | Mono |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Parker Creek divide |
• location | about 1.5 miles south of Parker Peak |
• coordinates | 37°48′35″N 119°11′31″W / 37.80972°N 119.19194°W[1] |
• elevation | 11,090 ft (3,380 m)[2] |
Mouth | Rush Creek |
• location | about 4 miles west of June Lake, California |
• coordinates | 37°46′51″N 119°07′38″W / 37.78083°N 119.12722°W[1] |
• elevation | 7,231 ft (2,204 m)[3] |
Length | 4.70 mi (7.56 km)[4] |
Basin size | 5.73 square miles (14.8 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Rush Creek |
• average | 6.95 cu ft/s (0.197 m3/s) at mouth with Rush Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rush Creek → Mono Lake |
River system | Rush Creek |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | CA 158 |
Alger Creek is a stream in Mono County, California, in the United States.[6]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Alger_basin_from_Koip_peak.jpg/220px-Alger_basin_from_Koip_peak.jpg)
Alger Creek took its name from Alger Lakes.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Alger Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Alger Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alger Creek
- ^ Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.