December 5, 1983. Photograph taken from bridge leading to the California Cooperative Creamery off Petaluma - Pt. 11 Walker Creek. December 5, 1983. Photograph taken about 1.5 miles from mouth, 100m from road bridge looking downstream.
Point bar is composed of silt and sand with some gravels at the extreme upper end of the bar.
The floodplain, from which the picture was taken, is extreme in extent reaching 100m wide. Upstream from where the photograph was taken, trees are growing on the floodplain where it meets the point bar. 12 Novato Creek at Novato. December 5, 1983. Photograph taken looking downstream from gage station.