San Francisquito Creek

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San Francisquito Creek is a perennial stream on the San Francisco Peninsula that forms part of the boundary between San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and runs through Palo Alto and surrounding communities before emptying into San Francisco Bay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf perennial stream
stream
basinCountry United States
country United States
county San Mateo County, California
Santa Clara County, California
linked to: Santa Clara County
crossedBy Dumbarton rail corridor
El Camino Real
U.S. Route 101
drainageBasin San Francisquito Creek watershed
ecoregion California coastal sage and chaparral
emptiesInto San Francisco Bay
environmentalIssues erosion
flooding
habitat degradation
flowsDirection generally northeast
flowsThrough East Palo Alto, California
Menlo Park, California
Palo Alto, California
Stanford University campus area
formsBoundaryBetween San Mateo County
Santa Clara County
hasFloodRisk East Palo Alto, California
Menlo Park, California
Palo Alto, California
hasRecreation hiking along creekside trails
wildlife observation
hasTributary Bear Creek (San Mateo County)
Corte Madera Creek (San Mateo County)
linked to: Corte Madera Creek

Los Trancos Creek
Searsville Lake outflow
historicalSignificance served as a boundary in early Spanish and Mexican land grants
locatedIn San Francisco Peninsula
managedBy San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority
mouthElevation sea level
mouthLocation San Francisco Bay
nearbyLandmark Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve
Stanford University
partOf San Francisco Bay watershed
passesNear Portola Valley, California
Stanford, California
region San Francisco Bay Area
sourceLocation eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains
state California
subjectOf San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority restoration projects
supportsSpecies Chinook salmon (occasionally)
steelhead trout

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El Palo Alto locatedOnWatercourse San Francisquito Creek
East Palo Alto, California hasRiver San Francisquito Creek
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve hasFeature San Francisquito Creek
San Francisquito Creek tidal area locatedAtMouthOf San Francisquito Creek
San Francisquito Creek tidal area adjacentTo San Francisquito Creek
El Palo Alto Park adjacentTo San Francisquito Creek
El Palo Alto Park watercourse San Francisquito Creek
Matadero Creek partOf San Francisquito Creek watershed
linked to: San Francisquito Creek
San Francisquito Creek drainageBasin San Francisquito Creek watershed
linked to: San Francisquito Creek