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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
perennial stream
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stream ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
San Mateo County, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Santa Clara County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Dumbarton rail corridor
NERFINISHED
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El Camino Real NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 101 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| drainageBasin | San Francisquito Creek watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecoregion | California coastal sage and chaparral ⓘ |
| emptiesInto | San Francisco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| environmentalIssues |
erosion
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flooding ⓘ habitat degradation ⓘ |
| flowsDirection | generally northeast ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
East Palo Alto, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Menlo Park, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanford University campus area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryBetween |
San Mateo County
NERFINISHED
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Santa Clara County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFloodRisk |
East Palo Alto, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Menlo Park, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
hiking along creekside trails
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wildlife observation ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Bear Creek (San Mateo County)
NERFINISHED
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Corte Madera Creek (San Mateo County) NERFINISHED ⓘ Los Trancos Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ Searsville Lake outflow ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | served as a boundary in early Spanish and Mexican land grants ⓘ |
| locatedIn | San Francisco Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouthElevation | sea level ⓘ |
| mouthLocation | San Francisco Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyLandmark |
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanford University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | San Francisco Bay watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesNear |
Portola Valley, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stanford, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| sourceLocation | eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| subjectOf | San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority restoration projects ⓘ |
| supportsSpecies |
Chinook salmon (occasionally)
ⓘ
steelhead trout ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.