Garcia River
Garcia River | |
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Native name |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Mendocino County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Pardaloe Creek |
• coordinates | 38°52′02″N 123°17′0″W / 38.86722°N 123.28333°W[2] |
2nd source | Mill Creek |
• coordinates | 38°54′41″N 123°17′33″W / 38.91139°N 123.29250°W[3] |
Source confluence | confluence |
• location | 8 miles (13 km) south of Boonville |
• coordinates | 38°53′48″N 123°22′1″W / 38.89667°N 123.36694°W[1] |
• elevation | 856 ft (261 m) |
Point Arena | |
• coordinates | 38°57′16″N 123°44′1″W / 38.95444°N 123.73361°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Length | 44 mi (71 km) |
Basin size | 144 sq mi (370 km2) |
Discharge | |
• location | near Point Arena |
• average | 342 cu ft/s (9.7 m3/s) |
• minimum | 4.6 cu ft/s (0.13 m3/s) |
• maximum | 30,300 cu ft/s (860 m3/s) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Inman Creek |
• right | North Fork Garcia River |
The Garcia River is a
It is named for the settler Rafael Garcia who was granted ownership of the land in 1844.[6]
The river provides recreation, agricultural and industrial water supply for the community of
About 80 percent of the land in the watershed is privately owned. Coast Forestlands is the largest landowner in the area, followed by
Course
From the confluence of Pardaloe Creek and Mill Creek, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Boonville, California, the Garcia River descends to the west. After receiving water from Inman Creek, it turns northwestward along the San Andreas Fault rift zone. Then the North Fork Garcia River enters from the right. Just south of Mountain View Road, it turns westward again, flowing under State Route 1 at milepost 18.5. It discharges into the Pacific Ocean between Point Arena and Manchester State Beach.[9]
See also
- Buckridge Ranch House, overlooks the river
- List of rivers in California
- Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria
- Point Arena Hot Springs
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garcia River
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pardaloe Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mill Creek
- ^ "Sal Pko Martinez". www.facebook.com.
- ^ Barrett, Samuel (1908). Frederick Ward Putnam, ed. The Ethno-Geography of the Pomo and Neighboring Indians. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology. 6. Berkeley: The University Press.
- ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
- ^ State of California Water Quality Control Plan North Coastal Basin 1B July 1975 p.13
- ^ Kovner, Guy (2021-02-10). "'An exquisite place': Mendocino County old-growth forest protected in $24.7 million deal". Petaluma Argus-Courier. Retrieved 2021-02-11.
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