Deadman Creek
| Deadman Creek | |
| River | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | California |
| District | Mono County, California |
| Part of | Crowley Lake Watershed |
| Source | San Joaquin Mountain (highest perennial flowpoint is ~2000 ft E of summit)[1] |
| - coordinates | 37°43′12″N 119°05′58″W / 37.719914°N 119.09935°W |
| Mouth | Owens River |
| - location | creek & Big Springs confluence |
| - coordinates | 37°45′01″N 118°56′20″W / 37.75028°N 118.93889°WCoordinates: 37°45′01″N 118°56′20″W / 37.75028°N 118.93889°W |
| GNIS ID | 259131 [2] |
  Location of the mouth of Deadman Creek in California
| |
Main article: Owens River course
Deadman Creek is the mainstream creek that becomes the Owens River where Big Springs enters the Deadman Creek channel, "two miles east of the [CalTrans] US395 Crestview maintenance station",[3] near Deadman Summit. The Sierra Crest demarcates the creek's drainage from the drainage of the Middle Fork San Joaquin River on the west.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Google Map". Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ↑ "Query Form For The United States And Its Territories". U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- "Deadman Creek (259131)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ↑ "Upper Owens River Basin" (pdf). Planning Division: Mono County Community Development Department. March 2007. p. 113. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
The headwaters of Deadman Creek are on the eastern slope of San Joaquin Mountain. Deadman Creek begins from dozens to perhaps hundreds of springs and seeps. The Inyo National Forest has documented 58 spring/seep systems in the headwaters of Deadman Creek, and 95 percent of these appear to be perennial. The creek flows east through Jeffrey pine forest and then through sagebrush flats to Big Springs, where the Owens River starts. The flat area is composed of pumice, and the channel in this area loses most of the water to infiltration (Kondolf and Vorster, 1992). ... The upper Owens River begins where Big Springs enters the channel of Deadman Creek about two miles east of the Crestview maintenance station on U.S. Highway 395.
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