Salsipuedes Creek (Santa Ynez River tributary)

Salsipuedes Creek
Arrollo De Salsipuedes[1]
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountySanta Barbara
CityLompoc
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates34°31′37″N 120°23′06″W / 34.52694°N 120.38500°W / 34.52694; -120.38500[2]
 • elevation1,000 ft (300 m)
MouthConfluence with Santa Ynez River
 • location
Southeast of Lompoc, California
 • coordinates
34°37′54″N 120°24′46″W / 34.63167°N 120.41278°W / 34.63167; -120.41278[2]
 • elevation
115 ft (35 m)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • rightEl Jaro Creek
Beaver dam partially blown out by winter rains at trout fish ladder on Salsipuedes Creek below Hwy 1 at Jalama Weir.

Salsipuedes Creek is a 9.9 miles (15.9 km) long stream,[3] flowing north to join the Santa Ynez River just southeast of Lompoc in Santa Barbara County, California. Salsipuedes Creek, along with its major tributary, El Jaro Creek,[4] is the largest tributary to the lower Santa Ynez River, shortly before the river reaches the Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Erwin Gustav Gudde (1960). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. C-278. Retrieved 2014-05-01. gudde place names salsipuedes creek.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salsipuedes Creek, USGS, GNIS
  3. ^ "The National Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  4. ^ "El Jaro Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.