Honcut Creek

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

{{For|the 19th century land grant along Honcut Creek|Rancho Honcut}}

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

{{More citations needed|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Honcut Creek

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| map_caption = Map of the Feather River watershed including Honcut Creek

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = California

| source1_location = Sierra Nevada, near Lake Oroville

| mouth_location = Feather River

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| river_system = Sacramento River

| tributaries_left = Wilson Creek

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Honcut Creek is a stream in central California in the United States. It is a tributary of the Feather River and flows from the Sierra Nevada south and west into the river] in the Sacramento Valley.

The headwaters are in the Sierra Nevada, and include: North Honcut, Upper Rocky Honcut, South Honcut, and Natchez creeks. The creek area in the lower Feather River watershed includes Honcut, California, and locations of former settlements such as the Maidu's Honkut at the mouth of Honcut Creek and Honcut City, California, along North Honcut Creek.{{Cite book |last=Blodgett |first=J. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-8AgEQ2PCcC&dq=Honcut+Creek&pg=PA1 |title=Floodflow Characteristics of Honcut Creek at State Highway 70 Bridges Near Live Oak, California |date=1982 |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey |language=en}}

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