Tarwater Creek – Stream in San Mateo, California

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 236033

Location

State California

County San Mateo

Feature Class Stream

Coordinates

DMS

37°15'41"N 122°14'28"W

Decimal Degrees

37.261332, -122.2410785

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Mindego Hill

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Loma Mar

3.8 mi W

Also Known As

Tar Creek

Hydrography

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Description

2.25 mile long tributary of Pescadero Creek.

Nearby Features

Rhododendron Creek Stream · 0.2 mi SSE
Shingle Mill Creek Stream · 0.3 mi ESE
Keyston Creek Stream · 0.5 mi W
Carriger Creek Stream · 0.8 mi WNW
Dark Gulch Valley · 1.0 mi WNW
Harwood Creek Stream · 1.3 mi WNW
Peters Creek Stream · 1.4 mi ESE
Evans Creek Stream · 1.5 mi E
Fall Creek Stream · 1.5 mi ESE
Jones Gulch Valley · 1.7 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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