Carrizo Creek (Imperial County, California)

Carrizo Creek, is a stream that arises in the mountains of San Diego County, California, and terminates in Carrizo Wash in Imperial County, a tributary in turn to San Felipe Creek that terminates in the Salton Sea. [1]

The source of Carrizo Creek, is in San Diego County, 1.2 miles north of the California-Mexico State boundary,32°38′09″N 116°07′05″W / 32.63583°N 116.11806°W / 32.63583; -116.11806. Carrizo Creek flows west through Jacumba Valley then north through Carrizo Gorge and Carrizo Canyon, into Carrizo Valley where it is joined on the left by Vallecito Creek, as it turns east through the Carrizo Badlands where 3 miles east of the old Carrizo Creek Station it becomes Carrizo Wash.[1] Carrizo Wash terminates at its confluence with San Felipe Creek at 33°05′54″N 115°55′38″W / 33.09833°N 115.92722°W / 33.09833; -115.92722.

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Coordinates: 32°52′35″N 116°02′45″W / 32.87639°N 116.04583°W / 32.87639; -116.04583


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