Deer Creek (Tulare County, California) Explained

Deer Creek
Name Other:More's Creek
Pushpin Map:USA California
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth within California
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Tulare County
Source1:source
Source1 Location:on the west slope of the Greenhorn Mountains, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, Tulare County
Source1 Coordinates:35.9028°N -118.5703°W
Source1 Elevation:7560feet
Mouth:mouth
Mouth Location:terminates at the Lakeland and Homeland Canals in the San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County
Mouth Coordinates:35.9347°N -119.4731°W
Mouth Elevation:203feet

Deer Creek, formerly More's Creek, is a creek in Tulare County, California. Its source is in the on the west slope of the Greenhorn Mountains, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. From there Deer Creek runs west to terminate at the Lakeland and Homeland Canals in the San Joaquin Valley just east of the Tulare - Kings County border. Originally it ran into Tulare Lake before it was diverted for agriculture.