Pacheco Creek (Contra Costa County)

Pacheco Creek is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km)[1] waterway in central Contra Costa County, California.[2] It empties into Suisun Bay.

This article is about Pacheco Creek in Contra Costa County. For Pacheco Creek in San Benito County, see Pacheco Creek (San Benito County).
Aerial view of Pacheco Creek (center right), with mouth at Suisun Bay and source just above Buchanan Field Airport at the confluence of Walnut Creek (lower center) and Grayson Creek

The creek has a run of chinook salmon and steelhead trout after periods of rain in the winter and fall.

History
Pacheco Creak is named for Salvio Pacheco, a Californio ranchero, who owned Rancho Monte del Diablo.

Salvio Pacheco, a Californio ranchero and military officer, was granted the Rancho Monte del Diablo in 1834, and settled there in 1844. The creek is named for him.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 15, 2011
  2. TopoQuest topographic map, USGS, retrieved July 5, 2008
  3. Gudde, Erwin G. (1949). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of California Geographical Names. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 275. ISBN 9780520266193.

38.044365°N 122.092465°W / 38.044365; -122.092465


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