Cañada del Cierbo Creek | |
Name Other: | Arroyo de Pescadero |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | California |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Contra Costa County |
Length: | 9miles |
Source1: | Crockett Hills Regional Park, in the northwest Berkeley Hills |
Source1 Coordinates: | 38.0294°N -122.2122°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 600feet |
Mouth: | Eastern San Pablo Bay38°03'10.3"N 122°15'08.2"W |
Mouth Location: | San Pablo Bay at Tormey |
Mouth Coordinates: | 38.0528°N -122.2522°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0feet |
Canada del Cierbo is a valley and 2.5adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] northwestward-flowing stream originating in the Crockett Hills Regional Park and flowing to eastern San Pablo Bay near the Carquinez Strait at Tormey, Contra Costa County, California.
"Cierbo" is derived from the Spanish word 'Ciervo' for 'Elk' (Cervus canadensis), the creek apparently named for elk herds native to the area.[2]
Cañada del Cierbo Creek is a 2.5miles stream beginning in Crockett Hills Regional Park in the extreme northwest Berkeley Hills. It flows northwest to San Pablo Bay, with its mouth at Tormey, California, 6.5miles west northwest of Martinez, California.[3] There are no named tributaries. The lower reach of Cañada del Cierbo Creek downstream of Interstate 80 is diverted underneath refinery properties.