Orestimba Creek

Orestimba Creek, originally Arroyo Orestimba (Meetingplace Creek) is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA. The Creek has its source at the confluence of the north and south forks of Orestimba Creek and its mouth at the San Joaquin River, is about 7 1/2 miles north of Newman in Stanislaus County.^{[1] [2]}

History

Arroyo Orestimba was a watering place on El Camino Viejo in the San Joaquin Valley and was the primary water source for Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas near its northern boundry.^[3] The ranch house of Rancho Orestimba y las Garzas, was built above the sycamore grove on Arroyo de Orestimba.^[4]

Coordinates: 37°25′19″N 121°00′12″W / 37.42188°N 121.00326°W / 37.42188; -121.00326

References

1. ^ Map of San Joaquin River basin tributarieswww.centralvalleymonitoring.org/map accessed November 1, 2011
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 31, 2011
3. ^ Diseño del Rancho Orestimba
4. ^ Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Historic Spots in Calfornia, Stanford University Press, 2002, p.517

External links

• Photo Tour: Henry W. Coe State Park; Lower Orestimba Creek Valley