| Pacheco Creek Arroyo de San Felipe[1] | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:North_Fork_Pacheco_Creek_dam.jpg) North Fork Pacheco Creek Dam just north of Highway 152, facing south, courtesy of Gary Reyes | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | San Benito and Santa Clara Counties, |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of North Fork Pacheco Creek and South Fork Pacheco Creek |
| • location | Just south of Pacheco Reservoir, Santa Clara County |
| • coordinates | 37°02′42″N 121°17′23″W / 37.04500°N 121.28972°W[2] |
| • elevation | 431 ft (131 m) |
| Mouth | San Felipe Lake, the source of the Pajaro River |
• location | 5 mi (8 km) east of Gilroy |
• coordinates | 36°58′38″N 121°27′37″W / 36.97722°N 121.46028°W[2] |
• elevation | 144 ft (44 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | South Fork Pacheco Creek, Tequisquita Slough |
| • right | North Fork Pacheco Creek, Cedar Creek, Elephant Head Creek |
Pacheco Creek is a 28 miles (45 km)[3] west by southwest flowing stream which heads in the Diablo Range in southeastern Santa Clara County and flows to San Felipe Lake,[4] the beginning of the Pajaro River mainstem, in San Benito County, California.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pacheco Creek
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed February 6, 2016
- ^ "San Felipe Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.