Jacalitos Creek
Jacalitos Creek | |
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Location of the mouth within California | |
Native name | Arroyo de Jacelitos (Spanish) |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Fresno County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | source |
• location | 0.6 miles north of , in the Diablo Range., Fresno County |
• coordinates | 36°02′52″N 120°32′58″W / 36.04778°N 120.54944°W[1] |
Mouth | mouth |
• location | flows east-northeast to Los Gatos Creek, 2.6 miles south of ., Fresno County |
• coordinates | 36°08′51″N 120°15′50″W / 36.14750°N 120.26389°WCoordinates: 36°08′51″N 120°15′50″W / 36.14750°N 120.26389°W[1] |
• elevation | 548 ft (167 m)[1] |
Jacalitos Creek formerly known as Arroyo de Jacelitos (Creek of Little Huts), is a creek in Fresno County, California.[2]
Its source is 0.96 km (0.6 mi) north of , in the Diablo Range. From there it runs east then northeast between the Jacalitos Hills and the Kreyenhagen Hills, then passes across to its confluence with Los Gatos Creek 4.2 km (2.6 mi) south of Coalinga Nose.[1]
History[]
Jacalitos Creek, originally known as El Arroyo de Jacelitos, it was the location of watering places on El Camino Viejo, between Los Gatos Creek to the north and Zapato Chino Creek to the south.[2] Jacalitos is derived from a Spanish word, jacal, meaning a hut with a thatched roof and walls consisting of thin stakes driven into the ground close together and plastered with mud. Modified with the ending -ito, gives it the meaning "little huts".[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jacalitos Creek
- ^ a b William N. Abeloe, Mildred Brooke Hoover, H. E. Rensch, E. G. Rensch, Historic spots in California, 3rd Edition, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1966, p. 89
- ^ Jacal from merriam-webster.com accessed November 21, 2019
- Rivers of Fresno County, California
- Diablo Range
- Geography of the San Joaquin Valley
- El Camino Viejo
- Rivers of Northern California
- Fresno County, California geography stubs
- California river stubs