Little Salado Creek

Little Salado Creek (Arroyita Salado)
stream
Name origin: Spanish
Country United States
State California
Region Stanislaus County
Part of San Joaquin River
Source
 - elevation 1,585 ft (483 m)
 - coordinates 37°23′40″N 121°14′22″W / 37.39444°N 121.23944°W / 37.39444; -121.23944 [1]
Mouth mouth
 - elevation 118 ft (36 m) [1]
 - coordinates 37°26′00″N 121°06′08″W / 37.43333°N 121.10222°W / 37.43333; -121.10222Coordinates: 37°26′00″N 121°06′08″W / 37.43333°N 121.10222°W / 37.43333; -121.10222 [1]

Little Salado Creek, originally Arroyita Salado (Little Salt Creek) is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, United States. The Creek ends before it reaches the San Joaquin River, south of Patterson in Stanislaus County.[2][3]

Arroyita Salado was a watering place on El Camino Viejoin the San Joaquin Valley and provided water for Rancho Del Puerto.

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Salado Creek
  2. Map of San Joaquin River basin tributaries www.centralvalleymonitoring.org/map accessed November 1, 2011
  3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 31, 2011


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