Orestimba Creek

Orestimba Creek, originally Arroyo de Orestimba (Orestimba, a Yokutsan word for "meeting place") is a tributary of the San Joaquin River draining eastern slopes of part of the Diablo Range within the San Joaquin Valley of California.

Orestimba Creek
Etymology	Spanish
Native name	Arroyo de Orestimba (Spanish)
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Stanislaus County
Physical characteristics
Source confluence	confluence
• location	of North Fork Orestimba Creek and South Fork Orestimba Creek., Stanislaus County, California
• coordinates	37°18′09″N 121°17′22″W[1]
• elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Mouth	mouth
• location	at the San Joaquin River, about 7 1/2 miles north of Newman, in Stanislaus County
• coordinates	37°25′19″N 121°00′12″W[1]
• elevation	46 ft (14 m)[1]
Basin features
River system	San Joaquin River

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.^[2][3]

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 boundary.^[4] The ranch house of Rancho Orestimba y las Garzas, was built above the sycamore grove on Arroyo de Orestimba.^[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orestimba Creek
2. Map of San Joaquin River basin tributaries www.centralvalleymonitoring.org/map accessed November 1, 2011
3. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 31, 2011
4. Diseño del Rancho Orestimba
5. Mildred Brooke Hoover, Douglas E. Kyle, Historic Spots in California, Stanford University Press, 2002, p.517

External links

• Henry W. Coe State Park
• California Water Indicators Portal: Orestimba Creek watershed