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The Sutter Bypass is a floodwater bypass that diverts excess water from the Sacramento River between two large levees. It extends from approximately West Butte to Verona. Each winter, it fills with as much as 12 feet of water or more. A large portion of it overlaps with Sutter National Wildlife Refuge.

Places

• Butte Slough flows into the Sutter Bypass from the northwest, near the Sutter Buttes.
• East Canal forms the southwestern border of the Sutter Bypass from the Tisdale Bypass to Verona.
• Gilsizer Slough flows into the Sutter Bypass from the northeast, west of Tudor.
• Little Blue Creek flows into the Sutter Buttes from the northeast, near Sutter.
• Nelson Slough flows into the Sutter Bypass from the northeast, across the Feather River from Nicolaus.
• Snake River flows into the Sutter Bypass from the northeast, west of Tudor.
• Tisdale Bypass flows into the Sutter Bypass from the west, slightly north of Cranmore.
• Wadsworth Canal flows into the Sutter Buttes from the northeast, near Sutter.

Links

Department of Water Resources: California Data Exchange Center: Butte Slough and Sutter Bypass