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North Fork is located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada at an elevation of 2,638 feet (804 m). [2] It is 46 miles (74 km) north-northeast of Fresno, 41 miles (66 km) northeast of Madera, and 17 miles (27 km) by road southeast of Oakhurst.
North Fork Creek, a tributary of Redbank Creek in Pennsylvania; North Fork Red River, a tributary of the Red River of the South; North Fork (Aarons Creek tributary), a stream in Halifax County, Virginia; North Fork Skykomish River, a tributary of the Snoqualmie River in Washington state; North Fork Popo Agie River, a tributary of the Wind River ...
The North Fork Kings River is a 40.3-mile (64.9 km) [2] tributary of the Kings River, in the U.S. state of California. The river's main stem is entirely within Fresno County , and its watershed drains about 387 square miles (1,000 km 2 ) of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
The North Fork Dam also serves as a 15 MW, 40 GWh run-of-river hydroelectric project. [4] Lake Clementine was created when the construction of the dam was completed. The reservoir has a capacity of 14,700 acre-feet, and a surface area of 280 acres.
The North Fork Rancheria occupies 80 acres (320,000 m 2) along the western edge of the Sierra National Forest, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Fresno, California. [2] Their tribal headquarters are located in North Fork of Madera County , California.
In 1987 the United States Congress designated 151 miles (243 km) of the Kern's North (Main) Fork and South Fork as a National Wild and Scenic River. The Great 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake on January 9, 1857, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 on the San Andreas Fault was strong enough to temporarily switch the direction of the flow of the Kern River.
North Fork Sweetwater River The Sweetwater River is a 55-mile (89 km) long stream in San Diego County, California . From its headwaters high in the Cuyamaca Mountains , the river flows generally southwest, first through rugged hinterlands but then into the urban areas surrounding its mouth at San Diego Bay .
North Fork of the Mokelumne River looking downstream towards the CA-26 bridge near West Point, included in SB 1199 In 1999, federal and state agencies joined nonprofit organizations and PG&E in signing a settlement agreement for the new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license of PG&E's hydroelectric project on the Mokelumne, known as ...