| Corte Madera Creek Corte De Madera Creek[1] | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Searsville_Reservoir_July_2011.jpg) Looking south across Searsville Reservoir from the dam on Corte Madera Creek | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Location of the mouth in California | |
| Etymology | Spanish language |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Southeastern San Mateo County |
| City | Portola Valley, California |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve. |
| • coordinates | 37°19′26″N 122°11′24″W / 37.32389°N 122.19000°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,950 ft (590 m) |
| Mouth | Searsville Lake |
• location | Portola Valley, California |
• coordinates | 37°24′03″N 122°14′18″W / 37.40083°N 122.23833°W[1] |
• elevation | 351 ft (107 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Coal Creek, Gulch Creek, Rengstorff Gulch, Damiani Creek, Jones Gulch, Hamms Gulch, Alambique Creek, Dennis Martin Creek, Sausal Creek |
| • right | Westridge Creek |
Corte Madera Creek (Spanish for "a place where wood is cut") is a 7.3-mile-long (11.7 km)[2] creek that flows north-northwest to Searsville Dam and then joins with Bear Creek to form San Francisquito Creek in California.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Corte Madera Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 15, 2011