Corralitos Creek
| Corralitos Creek Arroyo de los Corralitos[1] | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Santa Cruz County |
| Cities | Corralitos, Freedom, Watsonville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Western slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains |
| • coordinates | 37°04′05″N 121°50′15″W / 37.06806°N 121.83750°W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,831 ft (558 m) |
| Mouth | Confluence with Salsipuedes Creek |
• location | Northeast of Watsonville, California |
• coordinates | 36°56′06″N 121°44′34″W / 36.93500°N 121.74278°W[2] |
• elevation | 62 ft (19 m)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Browns Canyon Wash |
Corralitos Creek is a 14.1-mile-long (22.7 km)[3] southward-flowing stream originating on the western slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It courses through the communities of Corralitos and Freedom, and touches the northernmost part of Watsonville before joining Salsipuedes Creek.[4] Salsipuedes Creek is the lowermost tributary of the Pajaro River, which carries its waters to Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
History
On Sunday, October 15, 1769, the
Watershed and course
The Corralitos and Salsipuedes Creeks sub-basins are the lowest tributaries of the Pajaro River. Browns Creek[9] is the largest tributary of Corralitos Creek although many small gulches draining the southwestern Santa Cruz Mountains also contribute. Casserly Creek[10] and Salsipuedes Creek flow to the now dry College Lake[11] (originally named Laguna Grande),[1] then Salsipuedes Creek exits College Lake and picks up before Corralitos Creek just beside Highway 152.
Habitat and wildlife
The upper watershed of Corralitos Creek and its Browns Creek tributary is designated "high potential" habitat for
See also
References
- ^ a b Donald Thomas Clark (1986). Santa Cruz County Place Names. Santa Cruz, California: Santa Cruz Historical Society.
- ^ a b c "Corralitos Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 13, 2014
- ^ "Salsipuedes Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Judy Pybrum Malmin (2008). Corralitos. Corralitos, California: J. P. Malmin.
- ^ "Corralitos Lagoon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Judy P. Malmin. "Corralitos History". Retrieved 2014-04-13.
- ^ Erwin G. Gudde; William Bright (2004). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 92.
- ^ "Browns Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Casserly Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "College Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ David A. Boughton; Matthew Goslin (July 2006). Potential Steelhead Over-Summering Habitat in the South-Central/Southern California Coast Recovery Domain: Maps Based on the Envelope Method Report NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-391 (Report). Santa Cruz, California: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center.
External links
- [www.scceh.com/eh/wr/streamcareguide.pdf Santa Cruz County Stream Care Guide 2013]
