San Jose Creek (San Gabriel River)

Map of the San Gabriel River watershed.

San Jose Creek is an intermittent, tributary stream of the San Gabriel River in Los Angeles County, California. The mouth of San Jose Creek is at an elevation of 194 feet / 59 meters at its confluence with the San Gabriel River, 3.5 miles, (5.6 km) southwest of Bassett, California. Its source is at 960 feet near the Los Angeles County Fairplex, at 34°04′50″N 117°45′38″W / 34.08056°N 117.76056°W / 34.08056; -117.76056, where it has its confluence with Thompson Wash,[1] actually a continuation of the creek into the San Gabriel Mountains. From Thompson Wash, San Jose Creek flows nearly 20 miles (32 km) westwards from Pomona into the San Gabriel River through the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thompson Wash
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Jose Creek

Coordinates: 34°01′07″N 118°03′18″W / 34.01861°N 118.05500°W / 34.01861; -118.05500


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