Devilwater Creek Explained

Devilwater Creek
Name Etymology:Spanish
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Kern County
Source1:source
Source1 Location:on the east slope of the Temblor Range., Kern County
Source1 Coordinates:35.4783°N -119.9417°W
Mouth:mouth
Mouth Location:at a point just west of Media Aqua Creek., Kern County
Mouth Coordinates:35.5217°N -119.8944°W
Mouth Elevation:997feet

Devilwater Creek, originally Arroyo Del Diablo,[1] a stream with its source on the east slope of the Temblor Range in Kern County, California, that flows northeast to terminate just a mile west southwest of the mouth of Media Aqua Creek. It was officially named Devilwater Creek in 1909.

History

Aguaje Del Diablo (Devil's Watering Place) was an aguaje or watering place on El Camino Viejo along the Arroyo del Diablo in the foothills on the east slope of the Temblor Range between Arroyo de Los Carneros in the south and Arroyo de Matarano to the north.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=p2WrAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Mustang+Springs%22+Kern+County&pg=PA123 – Mildred Brooke Hoover, Mildred Brooke Hoover, Historic spots in California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1990, p.89