# Angels Creek

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{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of Angels Creek in California
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| source1            = [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.))
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| source1_coordinates= {{coord|38|10|04|N|120|24|04|W|display=inline}}<ref name="GNIS">{{cite gnis|id=266382|name=Angels Creek|entrydate=1981-01-19|accessdate=2017-03-12}}</ref>
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| mouth              = [Stanislaus River](/source/Stanislaus_River)
| mouth_location     = [New Melones Lake](/source/New_Melones_Lake)
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'''Angels Creek''' is a {{convert|19|mi|km|adj=on}}-long<ref name="streamer">{{cite web
 |url=http://nationalatlas.gov/streamer/Streamer/streamer.html 
 |title=USGS National Atlas Streamer 
 |publisher=United States Geological Survey 
 |accessdate=2017-03-12 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528115344/http://nationalatlas.gov/streamer/Streamer/streamer.html 
 |archivedate=2014-05-28 
}}</ref> tributary of the [Stanislaus River](/source/Stanislaus_River) in [Calaveras County](/source/Calaveras_County), [California](/source/California) in the [United States](/source/United_States). It flows generally southwest from [Forest Meadows](/source/Forest_Meadows%2C_California), through the foothills of the [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)), to join the Stanislaus River in [New Melones Lake](/source/New_Melones_Lake).<ref>{{cite map
|publisher=ACME Mapper
|title=USGS Topo Maps for United States
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|cartography=[United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey)
|accessdate=2017-03-12
|url=http://mapper.acme.com/}}</ref> The creek takes its name from the historic Gold Rush town of [Angels Camp](/source/Angels_Camp%2C_California). There are two hydroelectric plants on the creek operated by the Utica Water and Power Authority.

==See also==
*[List of rivers of California](/source/List_of_rivers_of_California)

==References==
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Category:Rivers of Calaveras County, California
Category:Stanislaus River

{{California-river-stub}}

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