Media Aqua Creek

Media Aqua Creek (Aguaje de en Media (Middle Watering Place))
stream
Name origin: Spanish
Country United States
State California
Region San Luis Obispo County, Kern County
Source source
 - location in the Temblor Range, at an unnamed spring 0.8 miles south of the San Luis Obispo County-Kern County boundary., San Luis Obispo County
 - coordinates 35°25′39″N 119°56′15″W / 35.42750°N 119.93750°W / 35.42750; -119.93750 [1]
Mouth mouth
 - location in the Antelope Valley 3 miles southeast of the Twisselmann Ranch., Kern County
 - elevation 896 ft (273 m) [1]
 - coordinates 35°31′42″N 119°52′37″W / 35.52833°N 119.87694°W / 35.52833; -119.87694Coordinates: 35°31′42″N 119°52′37″W / 35.52833°N 119.87694°W / 35.52833; -119.87694 [1]

Media Aqua Creek, originally Aguaje de en Media,[2] a stream with its source in the Temblor Range, at an unnamed spring 0.8 miles south of the San Luis Obispo County-Kern County boundary. It flows east-northeast to terminate in the Antelope Valley 3 miles southeast of the former Twisselmann Ranch.[1]

History

Aguaje de en Media (Middle Watering Place) was a stream and a watering place on El Camino Viejo between Arroyo de Los Carneros in the south and Aguaje Del Diablo to the west.[2] It was officially named Media Agua Creek in 1909.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Media Agua Creek
  2. 1 2 - Mildred Brooke Hoover, Mildred Brooke Hoover, Historic spots in California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1990, p.89
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