Corral Hollow Creek Explained

Corral Hollow Creek
Name Other:Buenos Ayres Creek
Pushpin Map:California
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Corral Hollow Creek in California
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Alameda, San Joaquin
Length:21.39miles
Source1:Head of Corral Canyon
Source1 Location:1.9-1NaN-1 north of Mount Boardman, San Joaquin County
Source1 Coordinates:37.5095°N -121.4804°W
Mouth:Delta-Mendota Canal
Mouth Location:4.3 miles South of Tracy, California, San Joaquin County
Mouth Coordinates:37.6783°N -121.4328°W
Mouth Elevation:197feet

Corral Hollow Creek, originally El Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres (The Creek of the Good Winds), later Buenos Ayres Creek, is a stream and tributary of the San Joaquin River, flowing through Alameda County and San Joaquin County, Central California.

Geography

The creek's headwaters are in the eastern slopes of the Diablo Range, and its confluence with the San Joaquin River is in the San Joaquin Valley.

Course

Its source is in Corral Canyon, north of Mount Boardman in San Joaquin County. It then flows north 1.89 miles where it turns to flow west-northwest into Alameda County and Corral Hollow, then turns abruptly east in the vicinity of Tesla to flow east, into San Joaquin County again, and another 2.5 miles to where it turns again in a northeasterly direction for to the Delta-Mendota Canal, south of Tracy, California, in the San Joaquin Valley.[1]

History

The creek was originally named Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres or Aires by the Spanish, but the name later changed.

Notes and References

  1. November 8, 2011.