Garrity Creek

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Coordinates: 38°0′11″N 122°19′43″W / 38.00306, -122.32861
Garrity Creek
stream
Country United States
State California
Region Contra Costa County
City Richmond, California
Source
 - location El Sobrante, California
 - coordinates 37°58′49″N 122°18′14″W / 37.98028, -122.30389 [1]
Mouth San Pablo Bay
 - location Pinole, California
 - elevation 7 ft (2 m) [1]
 - coordinates 38°0′11″N 122°19′43″W / 38.00306, -122.32861 [1]

Garrity Creek is a creek in Richmond, California's Hilltop neighborhood. It runs into the San Pablo Bay.[2] It is sometimes called Hilltop Creek.

The creek is supported by two natural springs from two short sources which join into Garrity Creek. These sources may be threatened by potential development which is opposed by residents, neighborhood associations, the organization Friends of Garrity Creek and environmentalists which want the land to become a park. They claim the proposed 10 acre (40,000 square meter) development is illegal since it violates county rules prohibiting construction on slopes steeper than 26 feet (8 m).[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c USGS GNIS: Garrity Creek
  2. ^ Rheem Creek Watershed
  3. ^ Berkeley Is Not Alone in Saving Creeks, Natural Habitat, by Barbara A. Pendergrass, Berkeley Daily Planet, 6/15/04, retrieved 7/26/07

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