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Soquel Creek is a southward flowing 16 miles (26 km) creek that begins on the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz County, California and enters Monterey Bay, at Capitola Beach in Capitola, California.

Soquel Creek
Rosario del Beato Serafin de Asculi[1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSanta Cruz County
CitiesSoquel, Capitola
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouthern Santa Cruz Mountains
 • coordinates37°06′37″N 121°54′38″W
 • elevation3,000 ft (910 m)[2]
MouthMonterey Bay
 • coordinates
36°58′18″N 121°57′07″W
 • elevation
0 ft (0 m)[2]
Length16 mi (26 km)[2]
Basin size42 sq mi (110 km2)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationUSGS Soquel Creek gage (11160000)[2]
 • minimum405 cu ft/s (11.5 m3/s)[3]
 • maximum15,800 cu ft/s (450 m3/s)[3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftWest Branch Soquel Creek, Burns Creek, Laurel Creek, Hester Creek
 • rightEast Branch Soquel Creek, Fern Gulch, Asbury Gulch, Amaya Creek, Hinckley Creek

History



Watershed and course


The Soquel Creek flows through Soquel Demonstration State Forest, the western part of The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, Soquel and Capitola villages and empties into Monterey Bay at Capitola Beach. About 25% of the headwaters of the watershed are on land protected by the state.[2]


Ecology


The middle and upper watershed is in a second growth redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forest.

Water quality of the creek is measured[by whom?].[4]


See also



References


  1. "Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association". Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  2. Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County (December 2019). Soquel Creek Streamflow Assessment Study (PDF) (Report). Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  3. Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District (January 27, 2004). Soquel Creek Watershed Assessment and Enhancement Project Plan (PDF) (Report). Retrieved May 9, 2022.
  4. TMDL Report for the San Lorenzo River, Soquel Creek, and Aptos Creek Watersheds (Report). September 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2022.


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