Bull Creek, California

[3] The first written record of the area is in the Journal of George Gibbs who accompanied Indian agent Redick McKee's expedition in 1851.

[5] The area was settled in the 1850s, but the large trees prevented anything but small-scale farming and logging until after the development of heavy equipment.

[7] Additionally the contents of the saw mill log deck, propane tanks, cars and other debris were washed into the creek and downstream.

[6] By 1960, almost 60 percent of the forest cover in the area had been clearcut, but no reforestation or erosion control had been put into place.

[6] The Christmas flood of 1964 removed all the CCC buildings, mud and debris slides from clear cut slopes above Bull Creek resulted in massive damages for areas downstream.