Mad River (California)
| Mad River | |
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The Mad River about 4 miles (6.4 km) above the mouth | |
Map of the Mad River watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Counties | Humboldt, Trinity |
| City | McKinleyville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Klamath Mountains |
| • coordinates | 40°12′20″N 123°9′23″W / 40.20556°N 123.15639°W |
| • elevation | 4,845 ft (1,477 m) |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• coordinates | 40°56′31″N 124°8′6″W / 40.94194°N 124.13500°W |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 113 mi (182 km) |
| Basin size | 497 sq mi (1,290 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | McKinleyville |
| • average | 1,573 cu ft/s (44.5 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 17 cu ft/s (0.48 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 81,000 cu ft/s (2,300 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | South Fork Mad River, Blue Slide Creek, Littlefield Creek |
| • right | Barry Creek, Pilot Creek, Bug Creek, Graham Creek, Boulder Creek, Maple Creek, Canõn Creek, North Fork Mad River, Lindsay Creek, Mill Creek |
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The Mad River (Wiyot: Baduwa't) is a river in upper Northern California. It flows for 113 miles (182 km) in a roughly northwest direction through Trinity County and then Humboldt County, draining a 497-square-mile (1,290 km2) watershed into the Pacific Ocean north of the city of Arcata near Arcata–Eureka Airport in McKinleyville. The river's headwaters are in the Coast Range near South Kelsey Ridge.