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Soquel Creek drains the largest watershed of mid-Santa Cruz County, and passes through the communities of Soquel and Capitola. Part of the creek's upper reaches flow through Soquel Demonstration State Forest and the western part of The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. About 25% of the headwaters of the watershed are on land protected by the ...
It includes land in both Pima County and Santa Cruz County. [2] Plans for a National Heritage Area in the Santa Cruz watershed began in the early 2000s, [3] and were first introduced to state legislature in 2007. [4] The area was made official in 2019 after the passing of the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. [5]
The watershed is approximately 1,300 square miles (3,400 km 2) and covers portions of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey Counties. [17] The Pajaro River mainstem begins just west of San Felipe Lake , [ 18 ] also called Upper Soap Lake, which is a permanent natural lake formed by the confluence of Pacheco Creek , Tequisquita ...
Salsipuedes Creek is a 4-mile-long (6.4 km) [3] southward-flowing stream originating about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, California. Most of the upper reach was the historic Laguna Grande, now referred to as College Lake. [4]
The San Vicente Creek watershed drains 4,500 acres (18 km 2). [6] Its waters rise at 2,520 feet (770 m) elevation just north of and below the peak of Ben Lomond Mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The creek descends the west-facing slopes of the mountains, picking up one major tributary, Mill Creek.
A U.S. Agriculture Department report on the Santa Cruz watershed said 1,038 people, 326 structures, agricultural lands and 15 roads and highways are within the dam's inundation or flood area.
Matadero Creek is a stream originating in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County, California, United States.The creek flows in a northeasterly direction for 8 miles (13 km) until it enters the Palo Alto Flood Basin, where it joins Adobe Creek in the Palo Alto Baylands at the north end of the Mayfield Slough, just before its culmination in southwest San Francisco Bay.
Pescadero Creek runs southerly through the southern Santa Cruz Mountains about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of Gilroy, California. At about two-thirds of its course it is joined by Castro Valley Road, which passes with the stream through Hatfield Canyon, [5] then crosses into Santa Cruz County and receives from the right Star Creek, [6] which drains the eastern flank of 1,618 feet (493 m) tall ...