Devil Canyon Creek
| Devil Canyon Creek[1] Devil Canyon | |
|---|---|
 Map of San Mateo Creek and Arroyo San Onofre drainage
basins. San Mateo Creek basin is in dark green. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | San Diego County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | a flat in the Santa Margarita Mountains |
| • coordinates | 33°27′38″N 117°22′28″W / 33.46056°N 117.37444°W |
| • elevation | 2,440 ft (740 m) |
| Mouth | confluence with San Mateo Creek |
• coordinates | 33°28′24″N 117°27′57″W / 33.47333°N 117.46583°W |
• elevation | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Length | 8 mi (13 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Pacific Ocean |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Cold Spring Canyon Creek |
Devil Canyon Creek is a
Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base.[3] Devil Canyon has one named tributary, Cold Spring Canyon Creek, draining the Santa Margarita Mountains north of the Devil Canyon watershed; Cold Spring Canyon Creek enters it from the right about a mile and half above the confluence of Devil Canyon Creek with San Mateo Creek.[4][5]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devil Canyon Creek
- ^ Devil Canyon Creek (source), USGS Map Name: Fallbrook, CA, Map Center: N33° 27' 38" W117° 22' 28" from topoquest.com accessed on 5/13/2013
- ^ Devil Canyon, California (mouth), USGS Map Name: Margarita Peak, CA Map Center: N33° 28' 24" W117° 27' 57", from topoquest.com accessed on 5/13/2013
- ^ Devil Canyon, California (mouth), USGS Map Name: Margarita Peak, CA Map Center: N33° 28' 44" W117° 26' 30", from topoquest.com accessed on 5/13/2013
- ^ Beatrice Dawson Wood, Gazetteer of Surface Waters of California, Pacific Coast Basins and Great Basin, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1913, p.67