# Snell Creek

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'''Snell Creek''' is a {{convert|2.1|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed March 10, 2011</ref> watercourse in [Napa County, California](/source/Napa_County%2C_California).<ref>David L. Durham. 2001</ref> It is situated approximately five miles north of [Aetna Springs](/source/Aetna_Springs%2C_California) and is a tributary of [Butts Creek](/source/Butts_Creek), which ultimately merges into [Putah Creek](/source/Putah_Creek).<ref>[http://www.sacriver.org/aboutwatershed/roadmap/watersheds/westside/putah-creek-watershed ''Putah Creek Watershed'']. sacriver.org, accessed April 6, 2018</ref>

==Plants==
[Snell Valley](/source/Snell_Valley) is noted for its [biodiversity](/source/biodiversity) of [flora](/source/flora), and within Snell Valley is the [Missimer Wildflower Preserve](/source/Missimer_Wildflower_Preserve). An example of wildflowers in the Snell Creek watershed is yellow mariposa lily, ''[Calochortus luteus](/source/Calochortus_luteus)''.<ref>C. Michael Hogan. 2009</ref>

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==References==
* David L. Durham. 2001. ''Durham's place names of California's old wine country'', page 65
* C. Michael Hogan. 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004094242/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=97686 ''Yellow Mariposa Lily: Calochortus luteus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg]
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Category:Rivers of Napa County, California
Category:Rivers of Northern California

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