Del Puerto Creek

Del Puerto Creek, originally Arroyo de La Puerta (Creek of the Door) is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA. The Creek enters the San Joaquin River, about 2 1/2 miles southeast of Grayson, California in Stanislaus County.^{[1] [2]}

Arroyo de La Puerta was a watering place on El Camino Viejo named for the narrow exit (Puerta or Door) where the creek emerged from the La Puerta Canyon into the San Joaquin Valley. It provided the southern boundry of Rancho Pescadero (Grimes) and the northern boundry of Rancho Del Puerto.^[3]

Coordinates: 37°32′29″N 121°07′02″W / 37.5415°N 121.1172°W / 37.5415; -121.1172

References

1. ^ Map of San Joaquin River basin tributarieswww.centralvalleymonitoring.org/map accessed November 1, 2011
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 31, 2011
3. ^ Ogden Hoffman, 1862, Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Numa Hubert, San Francisco

External Links

• CA 130 Del Puerto Canyon accessed November 1, 2011
• STANISLAUS COUNTY BIRDING SITES: Del Puerto Canyon www.stanislausbirds.org accessed November 1, 2011