Castro Creek
| Castro Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Contra Costa County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Chevron USA Richmond Oil Refinery |
| • coordinates | 37°56′15″N 122°23′13″W / 37.93750°N 122.38694°W[1] |
| Mouth | San Pablo Bay |
• coordinates | 37°58′6″N 122°24′26″W / 37.96833°N 122.40722°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Wildcat Creek |
Castro Creek is a creek in Richmond, California, in the western part of the city adjacent to the Chevron Oil Refinery. Wildcat Creek drains into it directly and though other Wildcat Marsh tributaries into Castro Cove of San Pablo Bay. The creek drains from the drainage basin of the surrounding area and was once part of the channel that separated the island of Point Richmond with the mainland.[2]
Name
Californio ranchero and politician who owned the creek, as part of his Rancho San Pablo
.The stream is waterway is named after
Don Víctor Castro the owner of the area when it was Rancho San Pablo.[citation needed
]
Description
The
PAHs and mercury from the Chevron Oil Refinery and is scheduled to begin cleanup efforts in summer 2007.[4]
See also
- Castro Cove
- Cerrito Creek - marked the southern border of Castro's ranch
- List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
Notes
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Castro Creek
- ^ Map, TopoQuest, retrieved July 6, 2008
- ^ a b c d e f Monitoring Program Summary Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, California Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Inventory, retrieved August 31, 2007
- ^ Castro Cove/Chevron Richmond, CA Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), retrieved August 1, 2007
