Bear Creek (San Francisquito Creek tributary)

This article is about the Bear Creek that flows into San Francisquito Creek in the San Francisco Bay Area. For other Bear Creeks in California, see Bear Creek.
Bear Creek
Arroyo de la Presa
Bear Gulch Creek
Bear Creek coming down from top of photo to join with Corte Madera Creek at bottom of photo, forming San Francisquito Creek below Searsville Dam.
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSan Mateo County
CityWoodside, California
Physical characteristics
SourceNortheast slope of Sierra Morena, California a summit in the Sierra Morena portion of the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Kings Mountain, California
 • locationWoodside
 • coordinates37°25′09″N 122°19′09″W / 37.41917°N 122.31917°W / 37.41917; -122.31917[1]
 • elevation2,150 ft (660 m)
MouthSan Francisquito Creek
 • location
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University
 • coordinates
37°24′36″N 122°14′18″W / 37.41000°N 122.23833°W / 37.41000; -122.23833[1]
 • elevation
256 ft (78 m)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftWest Union Creek, Dry Creek

Bear Creek, or Bear Gulch Creek, is a 6.6-mile-long (10.6 km)[2] southeastward-flowing stream originating north of the summit of Sierra Morena[3] in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near the community of Kings Mountain in San Mateo County, California, United States. It flows through the town of Woodside. Bear Creek and Corte Madera Creek join to become San Francisquito Creek in the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve at Stanford University.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Bear Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. "The National Map". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29., accessed March 15, 2011
  3. ^ "Morena Sierra". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ Robert A. Leidy; Gordon S. Becker; Brett N. Harvey (2005). Historical Distribution and Current Status of Steelhead/Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California (PDF) (Report). Oakland, California: Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration. Retrieved 2015-02-16.