Ingram Creek Explained

Ingram Creek, originally Arroyo de la Suerte,[1] is a 14adj=midNaNadj=mid[2] tributary of the San Joaquin River in Stanislaus County, in the San Joaquin Valley of California.[3]

The mouth of Ingram Creek is located at 37.6144°N -121.2067°W at an elevation of 46feet where it has its confluence with a slough of the San Joaquin River. The upper reach of the creek runs through Ingram Canyon. The source of Ingram Creek is located at the head of Ingram Canyon at the confluence of the source of Ingram Creek is located at the confluence of Grummett Creek and Cedar Spring Gulch at 37.5242°N -121.3419°W at an elevation of 880feet. Its headwaters are in the Diablo Range. It is a western tributary of the San Joaquin River.

Geology

Ingram Creek eroded from the following formations; the Franciscan Assemblage, Mesozoic ultrabasic intrusive rocks, and marine sediments of Upper Cretaceous, Paleocene and Eocene age.[4] Marine sediments have been leached by groundwater, causing an elevated concentration of brine in the groundwater at depths of approximately 600 feet.

37.6144°N -121.2066°W

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Notes and References

  1. http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb587005rs/ Diseño del Rancho Pescadero
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 11, 2011
  3. http://www.sanjoaquinmonitoring.org/maps/ San Joaquin River basin tributaries
  4. C. Michael Hogan, Marc Papineau, Ballard George, et al., Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Residential and Commercial Development at the Westley Interchange, Earth Metrics Inc., Report 10529C, California State Environmental Clearinghouse, Sacramento, Ca., July, 1990