Quinto Creek

Quinto Creek, originally El Arroyo de Quinto,[1] later Kinto Creek,[1] is a tributary stream of the San Joaquin River that now fails to reach the river. Its source drains the slopes of the Diablo Range within the Central Valley of California, United States. The Creek has its source in Stanislaus County a canyon a half mile north of Pine Springs Hill, a 2386-foot mountain, about 16 miles from its mouth just east of where it emerges from the foothills in Merced County, shortly ending where it joins the Outside Canal.[1] The closest populated place is Ingomar that is 3.6 miles east of the mouth of Quinto Creek.[2]

Quinto Creek
EtymologySpanish
Native nameEl Arroyo de Quinto (Spanish)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionMerced County, Stanislaus County
Physical characteristics
Sourcesource
  locationhead about 1/2 mile north of Pine Springs Hill and the Madera County line., Stanislaus County
  coordinates37°11′18.31″N 121°16′52.82″W[1]
  elevation1,750 ft (530 m)
Mouthmouth
  location
at its confluence with the Outside Canal., Merced County
  coordinates
37°11′5.79″N 121°01′56.73″W[1]
  elevation
148 ft (45 m)[1]
Length16 mi (26 km)

History

El Arroyo de Quinto was a watering place on El Camino Viejo in the San Joaquin Valley between Arroyo de Mesteño and Arroyo de Romero.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Qinto Creek
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 13, 2011
  3. Mildred B. Hoover, et al. Historic Spots in California. 3rd edition. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1966, p.202
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