Mustang Creek

Mustang Creek (Arroyo de Mesteño)
stream
Name origin: Spanish
Country United States
State California
Region Merced County
Source
 - location head on the side of a 1254 foot mountain, 0.2 mi southeast of Madera County line.
 - elevation 850 ft (259 m)
 - coordinates 37°11′58″N 121°07′57″W / 37.19944°N 121.13250°W / 37.19944; -121.13250 [1]
Mouth
 - elevation 230 ft (70 m) [1]
 - coordinates 37°12′27″N 121°04′54″W / 37.20750°N 121.08167°W / 37.20750; -121.08167Coordinates: 37°12′27″N 121°04′54″W / 37.20750°N 121.08167°W / 37.20750; -121.08167 [1]
Length 4.5 mi (7 km)

Mustang Creek, originally Arroyo de Mesteño (Mustang Creek), later Mustang Gulch, is a short stream that fails to reach the San Joaquin River draining the slopes of part of foothills of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, USA. The Creek has its source in a canyon at the foot of a 1254 foot mountain about 4.5 miles from its mouth just east of where it emerges from the foothills in Merced County, shortly ending just west of the California Aqueduct.[1][2][3] The closest populated place was the former settlement and railroad station of Gustine that is 6.69 miles northeast of the mouth of Mustang Creek.[4]

History

Arroyo de Mesteño was a watering place on El Camino Viejo in the San Joaquin Valley between Arroyo de las Garzas and Arroyo Quinto.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mustang Creek
  2. ↑ Map of San Joaquin River basin tributaries www.centralvalleymonitoring.org/map accessed November 13, 2011
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed November 13, 2011
  4. ↑ Mustang Creek (Merced)
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