Little Cholame Creek
Appearance
Little Cholame Creek | |
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![]() Little Cholame Creek at crossing over San Andreas Fault | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | California |
Region | Monterey County |
City | Parkfield, California |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | On the southern flank of an unnamed peak in the southern part of the Diablo Range |
• coordinates | 35°59′13″N 120°31′09″W / 35.98694°N 120.51917°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,690 ft (820 m) |
Mouth | Parkfield, California |
• coordinates | 35°54′32″N 120°31′09″W / 35.90889°N 120.51917°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,560 ft (480 m)[1] |
Length | 8 mi (13 km) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Reason Mountain, Pine Canyon Creek, Joaquin Canyon Creek |
• right | Middle Mountain Ridge |
Little Cholame Creek is a perennial stream in southeastern Monterey County, California, United States.[2] The headwaters rise from an unnamed peak 2 miles (3 kilometres) southwest of Reason Mountain, in the southern part of the Diablo Range. From there, the creek flows southeast along Parkfield-Coalinga Road, before reaching confluence with Cholame Creek.
History
[edit]"Cholame" is a Yokuts Native American word meaning "the beautiful one". The creek runs through the northern part of Cholame Valley, along Parkfield-Coalinga Road, and on through the small town of Parkfield before crossing the San Andreas Fault and merging with Cholame Creek.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Little Cholame Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Upper Salinas Las Tablas Resource Conservation District. "Cholame Creek Watershed" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-08-10.