Sand Canyon Wash

Sand Canyon Wash
River
Country United States
State California
City Irvine
Source Sand Canyon Reservoir
 - location San Joaquin Hills
 - elevation 163 ft (50 m)
 - coordinates 33°38′51″N 117°47′37″W / 33.64750°N 117.79361°W [1]
Mouth San Diego Creek
 - location William R. Mason Regional Park
 - elevation 20 ft (6 m)
 - coordinates 33°39′29″N 117°50′33″W / 33.65806°N 117.84250°WCoordinates: 33°39′29″N 117°50′33″W / 33.65806°N 117.84250°W [1]
Length 6.9 mi (11 km), East-west
Basin 4 sq mi (10 km2)
Discharge
 - average 3 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)
 - max 1,200 cu ft/s (34 m3/s)
 - min 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s)

Sand Canyon Wash is an approximately 6.9-mile (11.1 km) (to its longest source) tributary of San Diego Creek in the U.S. state of California.[2] Its headwaters rise in the northern San Joaquin Hills as two streams, Shady Canyon Creek and Bommer Canyon Creek, then northwest into Sand Canyon Reservoir, formed by a dam across Strawberry Valley east of the community of Turtle Rock. The dry creek bed continues northwest from the reservoir, turning west where it enters the city of Irvine, flowing along the northeastern boundary of William R. Mason Regional Park. The creek then turns west to empty into San Diego Creek in its San Joaquin Marsh section, about 2 miles (3.2 km) above where the larger creek enters Upper Newport Bay.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sand Canyon Wash". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1981-01-19. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  2. ↑ "Introduction to San Diego Creek Watershed". Watershed and Coastal Resources Division of Orange County. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  3. ↑ San Diego Creek Watercourses and Elevation Ranges (Map). Cartography by Watershed and Coastal Resources Division of Orange County. OC Watershed. Retrieved 2009-12-14.