Orestimba Creek, originally Arroyo de Orestimba (Orestimba, a Yokutsan word for "meeting place") is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the San Joaquin Valley of California.
| Orestimba Creek | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Etymology | Spanish |
| Native name | Arroyo de Orestimba (Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Stanislaus County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source confluence | confluence |
| • location | of North Fork Orestimba Creek and South Fork Orestimba Creek., Stanislaus County, California |
| • coordinates | 37°18′09″N 121°17′22″W / 37.30250°N 121.28944°W[1] |
| • elevation | 669 ft (204 m) |
| Mouth | mouth |
• location | at the San Joaquin River, about 7 1/2 miles north of Newman, in Stanislaus County |
• coordinates | 37°25′19″N 121°00′12″W / 37.42194°N 121.00333°W[1] |
• elevation | 46 ft (14 m)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | San Joaquin River |
The Creek has its source at the confluence of the north and south forks of Orestimba Creek and its mouth at the San Joaquin River, is about 7 1/2 miles north of Newman in Stanislaus County.[2][3]
History
editArroyo Orestimba was a watering place on El Camino Viejo in the San Joaquin Valley and was the primary water source for Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas near its northern boundary.[4] The ranch house of Rancho Orestimba y las Garzas, was built above the sycamore grove on Arroyo de Orestimba.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orestimba Creek
- ^ Map of San Joaquin River basin tributaries www.centralvalleymonitoring.org/map accessed November 1, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 31, 2011
- ^ Diseño del Rancho Orestimba
- ^ Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Historic Spots in California, Stanford University Press, 2002, p.517