Love Creek

Love Creek
Love Creek is located in California
Love Creek
Location of the mouth of Love Creek in California
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountiesSanta Cruz
Physical characteristics
SourceSanta Cruz Mountains
 • locationCastle Rock Ridge
 • coordinates37°8′20.81″N 122°5′6.87″W / 37.1391139°N 122.0852417°W / 37.1391139; -122.0852417[1]
 • elevation1,000 ft (300 m)
MouthSan Lorenzo River
 • location
Ben Lomond
 • coordinates
37°5′17.81″N 122°5′14.87″W / 37.0882806°N 122.0874639°W / 37.0882806; -122.0874639[1]
 • elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightFritch Creek

Love Creek is a creek in California. It starts around 1,000 feet above sea level, flows southward through the town of Ben Lomond, California in Santa Cruz County, California, and enters the San Lorenzo River south of Ben Lomond. It is actually on the higher ground side of the business district, which makes the possibility of flooding serious.

On the night of January 5, 1982, during the January 1982 California floods, thirty homes were destroyed and ten people were killed by a massive mudslide.[2]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Love Creek
  2. ^ "Mudslide: Remembering Love Creek, 1982". Patch Media. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2022.