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Cascade Creek (San Anselmo Creek tributary)

Stream in Marin County, United States of America

Summary

Stream in Marin County, United States of America

Field	Value
name	Cascade Creek
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	California
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Marin County
subdivision_type5	City
subdivision_name5	Fairfax
source1	White Hill, Marin Hills
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	1060 ft
mouth	San Anselmo Creek
mouth_location	Fairfax, California
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	230 ft

Cascade Creek is a stream that flows south then southeast from its source on White Hill to its confluence with San Anselmo Creek just west of Fairfax in Marin County, California.

Ecology

Although short on water by late summer, fisheries ecologist Dr. Alice Rich considered Cascade Creek to have the best Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) habitat in the Corte Madera Creek watershed. However, Cascade Falls presents an impassable barrier to steelhead spawning migrations. Rich also noted that Cascade Creek's steep gradient and low flow conditions were not suitable rearing habitat for juvenile trout, the latter typically spending a year in freshwater before outmigrating to San Francisco Bay.

Rich documented several anecdotal records for the occurrence of Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in tributaries of Corte Madera Creek, including Cascade Creek.

References

{{gnis. 220663. Cascade Creek
Alice A. Rich. (2000-11-10). "Fishery Resources Conditions of the Corte Madera Creek Watershed, Marin County, California". Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed.
Robert A. Leidy. (2005). "Historical Status of Coho Salmon in Streams of the Urbanized San Francisco Estuary, California". California Fish and Game.

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