Browns Canyon Wash
| Browns Canyon Wash (Browns Canyon Creek) | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Santa Susana Mountains, Los Angeles County, California |
Los Angeles, California | |
| Length | 10.3 miles (16.6 km) |
Browns Canyon Wash, also known as Browns Canyon Creek, is a 10.3-mile-long (16.6 km)Los Angeles, California.
Course
The stream begins as a free-flowing stream in Browns Canyon of the eastern
Nike missile base site, on the border of the Chatsworth and Porter Ranch
communities.
After passing under the
Winnetka. Its confluence
with the Los Angeles River is just west of Mason Avenue and north of Vanowen Avenue.
The channel walls near Winnetka were damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.[2]
The wash features an equestrian and
bicycle path along its eastern bank in Chatsworth.[3]
Crossings and tributaries
From mouth to source (year built in parentheses):[4]
- Sherman Way (1971)
- Valerio Street [Pedestrian Bridge]
- Saticoy Street (1971)
- near Arminta Street [Pedestrian Bridge]
- Roscoe Boulevard (1971)
- De Soto Avenue (1972)
- Santa Susana Creek enters
- Parthenia Street (1972)
- Nordhoff Street (1971)
- Railroad: Amtrak Coast Starlight, Pacific Surfliner / Metrolink Ventura County Line
- Lassen Street (1971)
- Devonshire Street/Canoga Avenue (1974)
- Chatsworth Street (1972)
- Variel Avenue (1973)
- Rinaldi Street (1973)
- State Route 118 (Simi Valley Freeway) offramp to De Soto Avenue (1971)
- State Route 118 - Ronald Reagan Freeway (1971)
- Browns Canyon Road
See also
34°11′43″N 118°34′53″W / 34.19528°N 118.58140°W[5]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 16, 2011
- ^ Baker, Michael (1998-08-15). "Bids, Repairs to Begin on Creek Channels". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Brown's Creek". Bike Paths of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06.
- ^ "National Bridge Inventory Database". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Browns Canyon Wash