Pacheco Creek (Contra Costa County)
Pacheco Creek is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km)[1] waterway in central Contra Costa County, California.[2] It empties into Suisun Bay.
The creek has a run of chinook salmon and steelhead trout after periods of rain in the winter and fall.
History[]
Salvio Pacheco, a Californio ranchero and military officer, was granted the Rancho Monte del Diablo in 1834, and settled there in 1844. The creek is named for him.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 15, 2011
- ^ TopoQuest topographic map, USGS, retrieved July 5, 2008
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of California Geographical Names. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780520266193.
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Coordinates: 38°02′40″N 122°05′33″W / 38.044365°N 122.092465°W
Categories:
- Rivers of Contra Costa County, California
- Rivers of Northern California
- Tributaries of San Pablo Bay
- Contra Costa County, California geography stubs
- California river stubs