Cienega Creek – Stream in San Luis Obispo, California

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 240622

Location

State California

County San Luis Obispo

Feature Class Stream

Coordinates

DMS

35°31'26"N 120°51'10"W

Decimal Degrees

35.5238612, -120.852679

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name York Mountain

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Cayucos

6.0 mi SSW

Hydrography

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Description

4 mile long tributary of Santa Rita Creek.

History

Cienega means "swamp" in Spanish.

Nearby Features

York Mountain Summit · 1.9 mi NE
South Fork Santa Rita Creek Stream · 2.8 mi E
Black Mountain Summit · 3.6 mi NW
Jack Creek Stream · 3.8 mi ENE
Summit Creek Stream · 3.9 mi NNE
Dover Canyon Valley · 3.9 mi N
Cottontail Creek Stream · 4.3 mi SSW
Summit Canyon Valley · 4.4 mi NNE
Rusty Peak Summit · 4.7 mi SSE
Sheepcamp Creek Stream · 4.7 mi ENE

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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