Alger Creek

Alger Creek is a stream in Mono County, California, in the United States.^[6]

Alger creek basin as seen from Koip peak

Alger Creek Tributary to Rush Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	California
County	Mono
Physical characteristics
Source	Parker Creek divide
• location	about 1.5 miles south of Parker Peak
• coordinates	37°48′35″N 119°11′31″W[1]
• elevation	11,090 ft (3,380 m)[2]
Mouth	Rush Creek
• location	about 4 miles west of June Lake, California
• coordinates	37°46′51″N 119°07′38″W[1]
• elevation	7,231 ft (2,204 m)[3]
Length	4.70 mi (7.56 km)[4]
Basin size	5.73 square miles (14.8 km2)[5]
Discharge
• location	Rush Creek
• average	6.95 cu ft/s (0.197 m3/s) at mouth with Rush Creek[5]
Basin features
Progression	Rush Creek → Mono Lake
River system	Rush Creek
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	CA 158

Alger Creek took its name from Alger Lakes.^[7]

See also

• List of rivers of California

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Alger Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
3. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
4. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
5. "Alger Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alger Creek
7. Browning, Peter (2005). Yosemite Place Names: The Historic Background of Geographic Names in Yosemite National Park. Great West Books. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-944220-19-1.