Del Puerto Creek, originally Arroyo de La Puerta (Creek of the Door) is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
San Joaquin River
The San Joaquin River (; es, Río San Joaquín) is the longest river of Central California. The long river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through the rich agricultural region of the northern San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suis ...
draining eastern slopes of part of the
Diablo Range
The Diablo Range is a mountain range in the California Coast Ranges subdivision of the Pacific Coast Ranges in northern California, United States. It stretches from the eastern San Francisco Bay area at its northern end to the Salinas Valley are ...
within the
Central Valley of
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
, United States. The Creek enters the San Joaquin River, about 2 1/2 miles southeast of
Grayson, California
Grayson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, United States. The population was 952 at the 2010 census, down from 1,077 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
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in
Stanislaus County
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[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed October 31, 2011
History
Arroyo de La Puerta was a watering place on
El Camino Viejo
El Camino Viejo a Los Ángeles ( en, the Old Road to Los Angeles), also known as El Camino Viejo and the Old Los Angeles Trail, was the oldest north-south trail in the interior of Spanish colonial Las Californias (1769–1822) and Mexican Alta Cali ...
named for the narrow exit a "Puerta" or Door, where the creek emerged from the La Puerta Canyon into the
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley ( ; es, Valle de San Joaquín) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies south of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the San Joaquin River. It comprises seven c ...
. It provided the southern boundary of
Rancho Pescadero (Grimes) Rancho Pescadero was a Mexican land grant in present-day Stanislaus County and San Joaquin County, California given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Valentin Higuera and Rafael Feliz. Pescadero means "fishing place" in Spanish. The gra ...
and the northern boundary of
Rancho Del Puerto.
[Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California'', Numa Hubert, San Francisco]
References
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External links
CA 130 Del Puerto Canyonaccessed November 1, 2011
www.stanislausbirds.org accessed November 1, 2011
Rivers of Stanislaus County, California
Tributaries of the San Joaquin River
Diablo Range
El Camino Viejo
Rivers of Northern California