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3 unusual facts about Clear Creek


Spring Creek Dam

The lake, formed by Whiskeytown Dam, is on Clear Creek, a drainage downstream along the Sacramento River from Spring Creek.

Water is further diluted by natural flow in the tributaries and water diverted from nearby Clear Creek, however, the acidic water still requires treatment.

The Lilly Brothers

The Lilly Brothers, (Bea Lilly, born Michael Burt Lilly, December 15, 1921 – September 18, 2005 and brother Everett Lilly, born July 1, 1924 - May 8, 2012) were bluegrass musicians born in Clear Creek, West Virginia.


Camissonia benitensis

Camissonia benitensis was discovered by Peter H. Raven on a serpentine stream terrace adajcent to Clear Creek (New Idria serpentine mass; Bureau of Land Management Clear Creek Management Area) in 1960 and scientifically described by him in 1969.

Claire Levy

Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat in 2006, Levy represented House District 13, which encompasses Clear Creek, Gilpin, and eastern Boulder counties.

Pike's Peak Gold Rush

The first decade of the boom was largely concentrated along the South Platte River at the base of the mountains, the canyon of Clear Creek in the mountains west of Golden City, at Breckenridge and in South Park at Como, Fairplay, and Alma.


see also

Atlas Asbestos Mine Superfund Site

Atlas Asbestos Mine Superfund Site is located within the Clear Creek Management Area near Fresno County eighteen miles northwest of Coalinga, California.

Black Hawk, Colorado

Development of the area down Clear Creek from the historic Black Hawk townsite lining State Highway 119 has flourished.

Bronson Ray

He was Pastor of the Clear Creek Baptist Church near Versailles, Kentucky, and later Pastor at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

Clear Creek gambusia

The fish live their entire lives in the clear spring waters of the Clear Creek tributary of the San Saba River.

Hulbert, Oklahoma

The Clear Creek Monastery, recently elevated to the status of an Abbey, is a foundation Abbey of France's Notre Dame de Fontgombault, which is itself a foundation Abbey of Saint Pierre de Solesmes, also in France.

Rush darter

This fish is currently known from three Alabama river drainages: the Clear Creek drainage in Winston County, some springs in Jefferson County, and Little Cove Creek drainage in Etowah County.