San Juan Creek
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| San Juan Creek | |
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| San Juan River[1] | |
 Hikers ford San Juan Creek below the hot springs, February 2008.
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| Country | USA |
| State | California |
| Regions | Orange County, Riverside County |
| Watershed | 133.9 sq mi (347 km²) |
| Source | Santa Ana Mountains |
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| Mouth | Dana Point |
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San Juan Creek is a stream in Orange County, California that consists of a catchment basin encompassing 133.9 square miles[2][3]. Its mainstem rises in the Santa Ana Mountains, in the Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest. From here, it parallels Ortega Highway as it winds west and south through San Juan Canyon, where it is joined by numerous small tributaries, and is joined by the Arroyo Trabuco and Oso Creek as it passes through San Juan Capistrano.
Once out of the foothills, San Juan Creek flows thorough the city of San Juan Capistrano where groundwater flow direction generally is from the northeast to the southwest. Groundwater in this basin at the San Juan Capistrano reach is considered good[4]. Recent efforts of stream conservation have been in the planning stage including habitat conservation plan work[5].
[edit] References
- ^ San Juan Creek. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.
- ^ 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Map, U.S. Geological Survey, San Juan Capistrano, 1968, photorevised 1981
- ^ Orange County watersheds: San Juan Creek.
- ^ Earth Metrics Incorporated, Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for Rancho San Juan Capistrano, bounded by San Juan Creek Road, Paseo Ranchero and Camino San Jose Road, San Juan Capistrano, California, January 4, 1990
- ^ U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jae Chung, San Juan Creek/San Mateo Creek SAMP, 27 December 2007
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