Rheem Creek is a
urban stream
An urban stream is a formerly natural waterway that flows through a heavily populated area. Urban streams are often polluted by urban runoff and combined sewer outflows. Water scarcity makes flow management in the rehabilitation of urban stream ...
in western
Contra Costa County, California
) of the San Francisco Bay
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, which empties into
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in the East Bay and North Bay regions of the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California.
Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water c ...
south of
Point Pinole
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline is a regional park on the shores of the San Pablo Bay, California (the northern arm of the San Francisco Bay), in the United States. It is approximately in area, and is operated by the East Bay Regional Park Dis ...
. The creek rises from Rolling Hills Cemetery and passes through
Rollingwood, the campus of Contra Costa Community College, and the city of
San Pablo, California
San Pablo (Spanish for "St. Paul") is an enclave city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city of Richmond surrounds nearly the whole city. The population was 29,139 at the 2010 census. The current Mayor is Rita Xavier. C ...
. Near this area at the end of the creek a business park is being built and there has been some concern on how the creek may be impacted by the construction.
Richmond developer hopefully to protect Rheem Creek, Nov/Dec 2005 Yodeler
The waterway is named after the early 20th-century local figure William Rheem
William S. Rheem (1862 – April 19, 1919), a.k.a. W.S. Rheem, was an important civic figure in the politics of early Richmond, California in addition to being president of the Standard Oil Company of California (today's Chevron Corporati ...
.
See also
* List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
These watercourses (rivers, creeks, sloughs, etc.) in the San Francisco Bay Area are grouped according to the bodies of water they flow into. Tributaries are listed under the watercourses they feed, sorted by the elevation of the confluence so tha ...
Notes
Rivers of Contra Costa County, California
Rivers of Northern California
Tributaries of San Pablo Bay
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