Temblor Creek

Temblor Creek (Arroyo de Los Temblores)
stream
Name origin: Spanish
Country United States
State California
Region Kern County
Source
 - location On the east slope of the Temblor Range., Kern County, Kern County
 - coordinates 35°21′22″N 119°49′25″W / 35.35611°N 119.82361°W / 35.35611; -119.82361 [1]
Mouth mouth
 - location its confluence with Salt Creek in the Temblor Valley., Kern County
 - elevation 1,086 ft (331 m) [1]
 - coordinates 35°23′26″N 119°45′57″W / 35.39056°N 119.76583°W / 35.39056; -119.76583Coordinates: 35°23′26″N 119°45′57″W / 35.39056°N 119.76583°W / 35.39056; -119.76583 [1]

Temblor Creek, formerly Arroyo de Los Temblores (Creek of the earthquakes),[2] is a stream with its source on the east slope of the Temblor Range, California, United States. It flows east-northeast to its confluence with Salt Creek in the Temblor Valley, 44 miles west of Bakersfield in Kern County, California.[1]

History

Aguaje de Los Temblores (Watering place of the Earthquakes) was a watering place in the foothills of the Temblor Valley along the Arroyo de Los Temblores on the route of El Camino Viejo between Aguaje de Santa Maria and Arroyo Chico Martinez. The Aguaje de Los Temblores were springs created by earthquakes issued from the floor of the canyon where the Temblor Ranch was later located.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Temblor Creek
  2. 1 2 - Mildred Brooke Hoover, Mildred Brooke Hoover, Historic spots in California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1990, p.123
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