Verdugo Wash is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed March 16, 2011

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

Los Angeles River , name_etymology = , image = File:Los Angeles River from Fletcher Drive Bridge 2019.jpg , image_caption = L.A. River from Fletcher Drive Bridge , image_size = 300 , map = LARmap.jpg , map_size ...

, in the

Glendale Glendale is the anglicised version of the Gaelic Gleann Dail, which means ''valley of fertile, low-lying arable land''. It may refer to: Places Australia * Glendale, New South Wales ** Stockland Glendale, a shopping centre *Glendale, Queensland, ...

area of

Los Angeles County Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is the ...

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 ...

. The stream begins just south of Interstate 210 in the

Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California, lying between the San Gabriel Mountains on the northeast and the Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills on the southwest. It opens into the San Fernando Valley at t ...

. It flows southeast along the eastern edge of the

Verdugo Mountains The Verdugo Mountains, also known as the Verdugo Hills or simply The Verdugos, are a small, rugged mountain range of the Transverse Ranges system in Los Angeles County, California. Located just south of the western San Gabriel Mountains, the Ver ...

, then south through a pass between those mountains and the

San Rafael Hills The San Rafael Hills are a mountain range in Los Angeles County, California. They are one of the lower Transverse Ranges, and are parallel to and below the San Gabriel Mountains, adjacent to the San Gabriel Valley overlooking the Los Angeles Bas ...

, and finally west to ultimately join the Los Angeles River just northeast of

Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large municipal park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park includes popular attractions such as the Los Angeles Zoo, the Autry Museum of the Ameri ...

. Its entire path is located within the city of Glendale. With the exception of the free-flowing stream inside the Verdugo Wash Debris Basin Dam, Verdugo Wash is entirely encased in a

concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wi ...

flood control channel Flood control channels are large and empty basins which let water flow in and out (except during flooding) or dry channels that run below the street levels of some larger cities, so that if and when a flood occurs, the water will run into these ch ...

Crossings

From mouth to source (year built in parentheses): * Railroad:

Union Pacific The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

Coast Line *

San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. Within the Burbank city limits it is signed as San Fernando Boulevard, and north of Newhall Pass it is signed as The Old Road. It was previously designate ...

(1939) * Concord Street (1940) * North Kenilworth Avenue (1936) * North Pacific Avenue (1981) * North Central Avenue (1981) * Hilton Los Angeles North/Glendale * North Brand Boulevard (1986) * Road to Nestle Building * North Louise Street (1990) * North Jackson Street (1969) * Geneva Street (1938) * East

Glenoaks Boulevard Glenoaks Boulevard is a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles County, which stretches some 22.4 miles as a north-south thoroughfare in Sylmar at its intersection with Foothill Boulevard to a west-east thoroughfare in Glendale before ending in the S ...

(1938) * East Mountain Street (1936) * Canada Boulevard (1933) * Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School edestrian Bridge* Wabasso Way (1938) * Opechee Way (1940) * Glorietta Avenue (1941) * Glorietta Park edestrian Bridge* Canada Boulevard (1933) * Oakmont Country Club Pedestrian Bridges* Verdugo Wash Debris Basin Dam * Oakmont View Drive (1979) * Shirlyjean Street (1953) * Whiting Woods Road (1967) * New York Avenue/Kadletz Road (1967) * Crescenta Valley Park edestrian Bridge* Boston Avenue (1957)

References

External links

{{Commons category, Verdugo Wash *

Los Angeles County Department of Public Works The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) is responsible for the construction and operation of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County's roads, building code, building safety, Sewage collection and disposal, sewerage, a ...

br>Drainage Area Map
Rivers of Los Angeles County, California Tributaries of the Los Angeles River Washes of California Crescenta Valley San Rafael Hills Verdugo Mountains Glendale, California Rivers of Southern California