San Timoteo Creek

San Timoteo Creek
San Timoteo Wash
Map of the Santa Ana River drainage basin
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountiesSan Bernardino, Riverside
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of Little San Antonio Creek and Noble Creek
 • locationSan Bernardino Mountains
 • coordinates33°56′28″N 117°0′22″W / 33.94111°N 117.00611°W / 33.94111; -117.00611[1][2]
 • elevation2,430 ft (740 m)
MouthSanta Ana River
 • location
Near Loma Linda
 • coordinates
34°04′10″N 117°16′50″W / 34.06944°N 117.28056°W / 34.06944; -117.28056[3]
 • elevation
1,004 ft (306 m)
Basin size125 sq mi (320 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Loma Linda[4]
 • average4.29 cu ft/s (0.121 m3/s)[4]
 • minimum0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
 • maximum15,000 cu ft/s (420 m3/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftCoopers Creek
 • rightNoble Creek, Little San Gorgonio Creek, Yucaipa Creek

San Timoteo Creek (also called San Timoteo Wash,[3] colloquially known as San Tim[5]) is a stream in Riverside and San Bernardino counties in southern California, United States. A tributary of the Santa Ana River, it flows through San Timoteo Canyon.[6] San Timoteo Creek has a drainage basin of about 125 square miles (320 km2).[4] The creek receives most of its water from headwater tributaries flowing from the San Bernardino Mountains near Cherry Valley, as well as Yucaipa Creek, which flows from Live Oak Canyon.[7]

In the past the creek was intermittent. Today it flows year-round due to agricultural runoff and secondary treatment discharge from a water treatment plant in Yucaipa.[1]

The name "San Timoteo" was given to the creek and canyon around 1830. It is Spanish for Saint Timothy.[8]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ea was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ a b "San Timoteo Wash". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2013-04-10.
  4. ^ a b c d "USGS Gage #11057500 on San Timoteo Creek near Loma Linda, CA" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Emerson1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Timoteo Canyon
  7. ^ "Baseline Report for Conservation Easement, #4 Portions of San Timoteo Canyon and Creek" (PDF). Redlands Conservancy. 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. ^ Mornin, Edward; Mornin, Lorna (2009). Saints of California: A Guide to Places and Their Patrons. Getty Publications. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-89236-984-3. Retrieved 9 April 2013.