The Wheatfield Fork Gualala River is a 35.1 miles (56.5 km) stream

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 in the mountains of western Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County, California

Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....

 which empties into the South Fork Gualala River

Gualala River

The Gualala River is a river on the northern coast of California. Most of the river is in Sonoma County, but a portion is in Mendocino County. The headwaters of the river are high in the Coast Range, and it empties into the Pacific Ocean...

 just east of Sea Ranch, California.

Course

Tributaries include:

• Fuller Creek
• Haupt Creek
• Tobacco Creek
• Elk Creek
• House Creek
  House Creek
  House Creek is a stream in the mountains of western Sonoma County, California which empties into the Wheatfield Fork Gualala River.-Course:...
  
  
• Wolf Creek
• Tombs Creek

Habitat and pollution

As of 2000, the Wheatfield Fork and all its major tributaries supported steelhead trout.

Bridges

The Wheatfield Fork is spanned by a 572 feet (174 m) bridge at Annapolis Road about 1.7 mi (3 km) east of State Route 1

California State Route 1

State Route 1 , more often called Highway 1, is a state highway that runs along much of the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. It is famous for running along some of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, leading to its designation as an All-American Road.Highway 1 does not run...

. Tbe bridge was built in 1974.

See also

• List of rivers in California
• List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area