Big Sand Creek – Stream in Monterey, California

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 239305

Location

State California

County Monterey

Feature Class Stream

Coordinates

DMS

36°19'31"N 121°29'22"W

Decimal Degrees

36.3252396, -121.4893814

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Sycamore Flat

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Mascorini Place

2.9 mi NW

Also Known As

Little Sand Creek Sand Creek

Hydrography

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Description

4 mile long tributary of Paloma Creek.

Nearby Features

Pigeon Point Cape · 0.8 mi W
Little Sand Creek Stream · 0.9 mi NW
Tash Creek Stream · 1.9 mi SSE
Calaboose Creek Stream · 2.1 mi S
Sugarloaf Summit · 2.6 mi NW
Mascorini Place Populated Place · 2.9 mi NW
Slate Canyon Valley · 3.2 mi NNW
Corral Canyon Valley · 3.2 mi SSE
Bear Canyon Valley · 3.5 mi NNW
Anastasia Canyon Valley · 3.6 mi WNW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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