Temblor Creek Explained

Temblor 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 Location:On the east slope of the Temblor Range., Kern County, Kern County
Source1 Coordinates:35.3561°N -119.8236°W
Mouth:mouth
Mouth Location:its confluence with Salt Creek in the Temblor Valley., Kern County
Mouth Coordinates:35.3906°N -119.7658°W
Mouth Elevation:1086feet

Temblor Creek, formerly Arroyo de Los Temblores (Creek of the earthquakes),[1] is a stream with its source on the east slope of the Temblor Range, California, United States. It flows east-northeast to its confluence with Salt Creek in the Temblor Valley, 44 miles west of Bakersfield in Kern County, California.

History

Aguaje de Los Temblores (Watering place of the Earthquakes) was a watering place in the foothills of the Temblor Valley along the Arroyo de Los Temblores on the route of El Camino Viejo between Aguaje de Santa Maria and Arroyo Chico Martinez. The Aguaje de Los Temblores were springs created by earthquakes issued from the floor of the canyon where the Temblor Ranch was later located.

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.123