- elevation 184 ft (56 m) Country United States of America | Mouth Dry Creek | |
- location about 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest of Ione Similar Lake Amador, Pardee Dam, Sierra Nevada, Kennedy Mine, Jackson Rancheria Casino | ||
Jackson Creek is a 26.4-mile-long (42.5 km) stream in the Sierra Nevada foothills and Amador County, California.
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Map of Jackson Creek, California, USA
GeographyEdit
It is a tributary of Dry Creek, which is a tributary of the Mokelumne River. It is located southwest of Ione. The creek was linked to placer gold mining during the California Gold Rush era.
Jackson Creek is dammed to create Lake Amador using a 193-foot (59 m) high earth and rock construction. The dam was constructed in 1965.
EcologyEdit
Tree cover in much of the watershed approaches 80 percent, with dominant tree species including Interior Live Oak, Quercus wislizinii, Black Oak, Quercus kellogii, Blue Oak, Quercus douglasiiigger, Gray Pine Pinus sabiniana, Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa, Oregon Ash, Fraxinus latifolia and California Buckeye, Aesculus californica.