Cedar Creek (South Fork Eel River tributary)

{{short description|Stream in California, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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| subdivision_name1 = United States

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| subdivision_name2 = California

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| subdivision_name4 = Mendocino County

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| length_mi = 11.2

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| source1 = Red Mountain, California

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| mouth = South Fork Eel River

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Cedar Creek is an {{convert|11.2|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed March 9, 2011 tributary of the South Fork Eel River in Mendocino County in the U.S. state of California.{{Gnis|220768}} The creek begins southeast of Red Mountain, at an elevation of {{convert|778|ft|m}}. It makes an S-curve west-northwest then bends sharply south, dropping into the valley of the South Fork Eel. The confluence is south of the city of Leggett, on the river's right bank. The only named tributary of Cedar Creek is Little Cedar Creek, a headwaters tributary. Big Dann Creek joins the South Fork Eel on the same bank, just upstream of Cedar Creek, while the next major tributary downstream of Cedar is Rock Creek. The Cedar Creek watershed is rugged and has few tributaries.{{cite web|url=http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/south_fork_eel_river.html|title=South Fork Eel River Wilderness|publisher=www.blm.gov|work=U.S. Department of the Interior|accessdate=2009-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510062420/http://www.blm.gov/ca/pa/wilderness/wa/areas/south_fork_eel_river.html|archive-date=2009-05-10|url-status=dead}}