Navigable Waterways in the Sacramento District*

*The actual limits of Navigable Waters of the U.S. will be determined by the Corps on a case by case basis.

Rivers and Harbors Act Navigable Waters of the U.S. in the Sacramento District

CALIFORNIA

  NAVIGABLE LENGTH  (miles)

American River - Mouth to Bradshaw Road

12
Calaveras River - Mouth to 2000 feet upstream of I-5 2
East Fork Carson River- from the Nevada state line to its confluence with Silver King Creek 25.5
Feather River - Mouth to railroad bridge at Marysville 28
Lake Tahoe All
Merced River - Mouth to 1500 feet upstream of US 99 and Southern Pacific Railroad 20
Middle River All
Mokelumne River - Mouth to Frandy Gage (3.5 miles upstream from New Hope Road) 29
Old River 52
Sacramento River - Mouth to Keswick Dam 301
Sacramento River  Deep Water Ship Channel 26
San Joaquin River - Mouth to Sycamore Road (7 miles downstream from US 99 Fresno) 236
Stanislaus River - Mouth to Highway 120 in Town of Oakdale 40
Tuolumne River - Mouth to Highway 132 at Basso Bridge Crossing 47

All waterways not specifically identified above that are subject to the ebb and the flow of the tide, per 33 CFR Part 329.4.

 

 

NEVADA

Lake Tahoe All
Carson River and its East Fork – from the Nevada Highway 117 bridge to the California state line 119.5

Colorado River - Nevada/Arizona boundary to Nevada/California boundary, including Lake Mead and Lake Mohave

 

145

UTAH

Bear Lake All
Bear River, Lower 101.3 
Colorado River - Mouth of Castle Creek to Cataract Canyon (4.5 miles below mouth of Green River) 59
Flaming Gorge Reservoir All
Green River - Mouth to 20 miles above Green River Station 142
Lake Powell All

 

 

Clean Water Act Traditional Navigable Waters in the Sacramento District

CALIFORNIA

Name

Reach

Length (Miles)

American River

From River Mile 12 to Folsom Lake

18.5

Shasta Lake

All

All

Truckee River

From Lake Tahoe to the California-Nevada State Line

CALC

 

NEVADA

Name

Reach

Length (Miles)

Humboldt Lake All All

Lake Las Vegas

All

All

Pyramid Lake

All

All

Truckee River

From the California-Nevada State Line to Pyramid Lake

CALC

Walker Lake

All

All

 

UTAH

Name

Reach

Length (Miles)

Cutler Reservoir

All

All

Dolores River

From the McPhee Dam to the confluence with the Colorado River

185

East Canyon Reservoir

All

All

Green River

From Flaming Gorge to the Price River confluence

CALC

Mona Reservoir

All

All

Panguitch Lake

All

All

Pineview Reservoir

All

All

Piute Reservoir

All

All

San Juan River

From the Colorado-Utah State Line to Lake Powell

CALC

Utah Lake

All

All