| Panoche Creek Big Panoche | |
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| Etymology | big sugarloaf creek |
| Native name | Arroyo de Panoche Grande (Spanish) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Fresno County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | source |
| • location | Drains the higher portion of the Diablo Range west of Llanada., San Benito County |
| • coordinates | 36°37′32″N 121°00′30″W / 36.62556°N 121.00833°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,070 ft (630 m) |
| Mouth | mouth |
• location | empties into the San Joaquin Valley, 7.3 miles west of Mendota., Fresno County |
• coordinates | 36°44′55″N 120°30′48″W / 36.74861°N 120.51333°W[1] |
• elevation | 259 ft (79 m)[1] |
Panoche Creek is a creek in San Benito and Fresno Counties, California, in the United States.
Historical names include Arroyo de Panoche Grande (Big Sugarloaf Creek)[2] and the anglicized Big Panoche Creek. For a time its lower reaches were called "Silver Creek."[1]
The source of Panoche Creek is a pond just east of Panoche Pass in the Diablo Range. It flows to the east through the Panoche Valley into the San Joaquin Valley west of Mendota near the former site of Hayes Station.[1]
Panoche Creek has the largest drainage area of any stream on the east slope of the Diablo Range.[1]