Coyote Creek (Oat Creek tributary)

{{Short description|Stream in Tehama County, California, U.S.}}

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Coyote Creek is a stream in Tehama County, in the U.S. state of California.{{GNIS|221739|name=Coyote Creek}} The stream runs for {{convert|18|mi}} before it empties into Oat Creek.

According to tradition, Coyote Creek was named for a single coyote which was considered a nuisance by ranchers before it could be shot.{{cite web | url=http://www.tehamaschools.org/files/TC%20Place%20Names.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508070312/http://www.tehamaschools.org/files/TC%20Place%20Names.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 May 2017 | title=Place Names | publisher=Tehama County Department of Education | accessdate=25 March 2018}}