List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area


These watercourses 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 ids.

[Pacific Coast] north of the [Golden Gate]

Sonoma Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County north of Bodega Head, listed from north to south:

The Gualala River and its tributaries

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between the Gualala and Russian Rivers, numbered from north to south:
  1. Deadman Gulch
  2. Cannon Gulch
  3. Chinese Gulch
  4. Phillips Gulch
  5. Miller Creek
  6. Warren Creek
  7. Wildcat Creek
  8. Stockhoff Creek
  9. Timber Cove Creek
  10. Kolmer Gulch
  11. Fort Ross Creek
  12. Russian Gulch Creek
  13. *East Branch Russian Gulch
  14. **Middle Branch Russian Gulch
  15. **West Branch Russian Gulch

    The Russian River and its tributaries

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Sonoma County between Goat Rock Beach and Bodega Head, numbered from north to south:
  1. Scotty Creek
  2. *Rough Creek
  3. Salmon Creek
  4. *Finley Creek
  5. *Coleman Valley Creek
  6. *Fay Creek
  7. *Tannery Creek
  8. *Nolan Creek
  9. *Thurston Creek

    [Bodega Bay]

Watercourses which feed into Bodega Bay, numbered clockwise from Bodega Head to Sand Point:
  1. Cheney Gulch
  2. Shorttail Gulch
  3. Estero Americano
  4. *Ebabias Creek
  5. *Americano Creek
  6. Estero de San Antonio
  7. *Stemple Creek

    Marin">Marin County, California">Marin Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean in Marin County south of Sand Point, listed from north to south:

[Tomales Bay]

Watercourses which feed into Tomales Bay, numbered clockwise from Sand Point to Tomales Point:
  1. Walker Creek
  2. *Keys Creek
  3. *Chileno Creek
  4. *Frink Canyon
  5. *Verde Canyon
  6. *Salmon Creek
  7. *Arroyo Sausal
  8. Millerton Gulch
  9. Grand Canyon
  10. Tomasini Canyon
  11. Lagunitas Creek
  12. *Olema Creek
  13. *Nicasio Creek
  14. **Halleck Creek
  15. ***Redwood Canyon
  16. *San Geronimo Creek
  17. *Big Carson Creek
  18. *Cataract Creek
  19. *East Fork Lagunitas Creek
  20. White Gulch

    [Point Reyes Peninsula]

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Tomales Point and Bolinas, numbered north to south:
  1. Home Ranch Creek
  2. Glennbrook Creek
  3. Santa Maria Creek
  4. Coast Creek
  5. Alamere Creek
  6. Arroyo Hondo

    [Bolinas Lagoon]

Watercourses which feed into Bolinas Lagoon, numbered clockwise from Bolinas to Stinson Beach:
  1. Pine Gulch Creek
  2. *Copper Mine Gulch
  3. Wilkins Gulch
  4. Pike County Gulch
  5. Audubon Canyon
  6. Volunteer Canyon
  7. Morses Gulch
  8. McKinnan Gulch
  9. Stinson Gulch

    Southern Marin Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Stinson Beach and the Golden Gate, numbered north to south:
  1. Webb Creek
  2. Lone Tree Creek
  3. Cold Stream
  4. Redwood Creek
  5. *Fern Creek
  6. Tennessee Valley

    [San Francisco Bay] and its tributaries

Northern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into San Francisco Bay and its tributary bays between the Golden Gate and Point San Pedro, numbered south to north:
  1. Coyote Creek
  2. Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio
  3. *Old Mill Creek
  4. **Cascade Creek
  5. San Clemente Creek
  6. Corte Madera Creek
  7. *Tamalpais Creek
  8. *Ross Creek
  9. *San Anselmo Creek
  10. **Sleepy Hollow Creek
  11. **Fairfax Creek
  12. **Carey Camp Creek
  13. **Cascade Creek
  14. San Rafael Creek

    Northern [San Pablo Bay] and [Carquinez Strait]

Watercourses which feed into San Pablo Bay or the Carquinez Strait between Point San Pedro and the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, numbered west to east:
  1. Gallinas Creek
  2. *South Fork Gallinas Creek
  3. Miller Creek
  4. Novato Creek
  5. *Arroyo San Jose
  6. *Bowman Canyon
  7. Petaluma River
  8. *Black John Slough
  9. **Rush Creek
  10. **Basalt Creek
  11. *Tule Slough
  12. *San Antonio Creek
  13. *Schultz Slough
  14. *Adobe Creek
  15. *Washington Creek
  16. **East Washington Creek
  17. *Lynch Creek
  18. *Capri Creek
  19. *Lichau Creek
  20. **Willow Brook
  21. Tolay Creek
  22. Sonoma Creek
  23. *Napa Slough
  24. *East Branch
  25. *Second Napa Slough
  26. **Third Napa Slough
  27. ***Railroad Slough
  28. ***Steamboat Slough
  29. ****Schell Slough
  30. *****Schell Creek
  31. ******Arroyo Seco Creek
  32. *******Nathanson Creek
  33. *******Haraszthy Creek
  34. *China Slough
  35. *Fowler Creek
  36. **Rodgers Creek
  37. ***Champlin Creek
  38. **Felder Creek
  39. ***Lewis Creek
  40. **Carriger Creek
  41. *Agua Caliente Creek
  42. *Hooker Creek
  43. **Wilson Creek
  44. ***Butler Canyon
  45. ***Whitman Canyon
  46. *Calabazas Creek
  47. **Stuart Creek
  48. *Graham Creek
  49. *Yulupa Creek
  50. *Bear Creek
  51. Napa River
  52. *Napa Slough
  53. **Devils Slough
  54. **Huichica Creek
  55. *White Slough
  56. **Rindler Creek
  57. ***Blue Rock Springs Creek
  58. *American Canyon Creek
  59. *Carneros Creek
  60. *Suscol Creek
  61. *Tulucay Creek
  62. **Kreuse Creek
  63. **Murphy Creek
  64. *Milliken Creek
  65. **Sarco Creek
  66. *Napa Creek
  67. **Redwood Creek
  68. *Soda Creek
  69. *Dry Creek
  70. *Conn Creek
  71. **Rector Creek
  72. **Sage Creek
  73. ***Clear Creek
  74. **Chiles Creek
  75. ***Moore Creek
  76. *Bale Slough
  77. *Sulphur Creek
  78. *York Creek
  79. *Mill Creek
  80. *Ritchey Creek
  81. *Nash Creek
  82. Southampton Creek

    [Lake Berryessa]

Watercourses which feed into Lake Berryessa, numbered clockwise from Monticello Dam:
  1. Wragg Creek
  2. Capell Creek
  3. Smittle Creek
  4. Trout Creek
  5. Pope Creek
  6. *Maxwell Creek
  7. **Hardin Creek
  8. **Burton Creek
  9. Stone Corral Creek
  10. Butts Creek – flows from Lake County.
  11. *Routan Creek – flows from Lake County.
  12. *Snell Creek
  13. Putah Creek – flows from Lake County.
  14. *Hunting Creek
  15. Cement Creek
  16. Dyer Creek
  17. Eticuera Creek
  18. *Adams Creek
  19. *Nevada Creek
  20. *Zim Zim Creek

    [Suisun Bay] and [Grizzly Bay]

Watercourses which feed into Suisun Bay and Grizzly Bay, listed clockwise from Benicia to Martinez:
For tributaries of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, see List of rivers in California.
Watercourses which feed into the Carquinez Strait or San Pablo Bay between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and Point San Pablo, numbered east to west:
  1. Arroyo del Hambre
  2. *Alhambra Creek
  3. Bull Valley Creek
  4. Elkhorn Creek
  5. Edwards Creek
  6. Cañada del Cierbo
  7. Rodeo Creek
  8. Refugio Creek
  9. *Ohlone Creek
  10. Pinole Creek
  11. Garrity Creek
  12. Rheem Creek
  13. *Karlson Creek
  14. San Pablo Creek
  15. *Lauterwasser Creek
  16. *Bear Creek
  17. Castro Creek
  18. *Herman Slough
  19. *Wildcat Creek

    Northeastern San Francisco Bay

Watercourses which feed into the east shore of San Francisco Bay between Point San Pablo and the Bay Bridge, numbered north to south:
  1. Meeker Slough
  2. Baxter/Stege Creek
  3. Fluvius Innominatus/Central Creek
  4. Cerrito Creek
  5. Middle/Blackberry Creek
  6. Schoolhouse Creek
  7. Codornices Creek
  8. *Marin/Village Creek
  9. Strawberry Creek
  10. Potter Creek
  11. Derby Creek
  12. Temescal Creek

    Eastern San Francisco Bay

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:
  1. Glen Echo Creek
  2. Indian Gulch
  3. Sausal Creek
  4. *Shephard Creek
  5. *Palo Seco Creek
  6. Peralta Creek
  7. Lion Creek
  8. *Arroyo Viejo
  9. Elmhurst Creek
  10. San Leandro Creek
  11. *Redwood Creek
  12. *Miller Creek
  13. *Kaiser Creek
  14. **Buckhorn Creek
  15. *Moraga Creek
  16. *Indian Creek
  17. San Lorenzo Creek
  18. *Castro Valley Creek
  19. **Chabot Creek
  20. *Crow Creek
  21. **Cull Creek
  22. **Norris Creek
  23. **Bolinas Creek
  24. *Palomares Creek
  25. *Eden Canyon Creek
  26. Sulphur Creek
  27. Ward Creek

    Southeastern San Francisco Bay

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:
Watercourses which feed into the San Francisco Bay south of the Dumbarton Bridge, listed clockwise:
Watercourses which feed into the west shore of San Francisco Bay between the Dumbarton Bridge and the Golden Gate, listed south to north:

San Francisco Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Thornton Beach, from north to south:
Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Thornton Beach and Miramontes Point, numbered north to south:
  1. Milagra Creek
  2. Calera Creek
  3. Rockaway Creek
  4. San Pedro Creek
  5. *North Fork
  6. *Middle Fork
  7. *South Fork
  8. San Vicente Creek
  9. Denniston Creek
  10. Arroyo de en Medio
  11. Naples Creek
  12. Frenchmans Creek
  13. *Locks Creek
  14. Pilarcitos Creek
  15. *Arroyo León
  16. **Mills Creek
  17. *Madonna Creek
  18. *Apanolio Creek
  19. *Corinda Los Trancos Creek
  20. *Nuff Creek
  21. **North Branch
  22. **South Branch

    Central San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean between Miramontes Point and Pigeon Point, numbered north to south:
  1. Cañada Verde Creek
  2. Purisima Creek
  3. *Whittemore Gulch
  4. *Walker Gulch
  5. *Grabtown Gulch
  6. *Soda Gulch
  7. Lobitos Creek
  8. *Schoolhouse Creek
  9. *Rogers Gulch
  10. Tunitas Creek
  11. *Dry Creek
  12. *East Fork
  13. *Rings Gulch
  14. *Mitchell Creek
  15. San Gregorio Creek
  16. *Coyote Creek
  17. *Clear Creek
  18. *El Corte de Madera Creek
  19. *Bogess Creek
  20. *Kingston Creek
  21. *Harrington Creek
  22. *Alpine Creek
  23. **Mindego Creek
  24. *La Honda Creek
  25. **Woodruff Creek
  26. **Weeks Creek
  27. ***Spanish Ranch Creek
  28. Pomponio Creek
  29. Long Gulch
  30. Dairy Gulch
  31. Pescadero Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County
  32. *Butano Creek
  33. **Little Butano Creek
  34. **South Fork
  35. *Bradley Creek
  36. **Chandler Gulch
  37. *Honsinger Creek
  38. **Windmill Gulch
  39. **Big Chicken Hollow
  40. **Little Chicken Hollow
  41. *Newell Gulch
  42. *Roy Gulch
  43. *Bloomquist Creek
  44. *Peterson Creek
  45. *McCormick Creek
  46. *Hoffman Creek
  47. *Jones Gulch
  48. *Harwood Creek
  49. *Dark Gulch
  50. *Carriger Creek
  51. *Keyston Creek
  52. *Tarwater Creek
  53. *Rhododendron Creek
  54. *Peters Creek
  55. **Evans Creek
  56. **Bear Creek
  57. **Lambert Creek
  58. *Fall Creek
  59. *Slate Creek
  60. *Oil Creek
  61. *Little Boulder Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County
  62. *Waterman Creek
  63. Arroyo de los Frijoles
  64. Spring Bridge Gulch
  65. Yankee Jim Gulch

    Southern San Mateo Coast

Watercourses which feed into the Pacific Ocean south of Pigeon Point, numbered north to south:
  1. Gazos Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  2. *Old Womans Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  3. *Old Womans Creek
  4. Whitehouse Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  5. Cascade Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  6. Green Oaks Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  7. Año Nuevo Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  8. *Cold Dip Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  9. Finney Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.
  10. Elliot Creek – flows from Santa Cruz County.