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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| San Francisquito Creek canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10694247 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Francisquito Creek Context triple: [El Palo Alto, locatedOnWatercourse, San Francisquito Creek]
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A.
Alamitos Creek
Alamitos Creek is a stream in Santa Clara County, California, that flows through the Almaden Valley area and feeds into the Guadalupe River within the San Francisco Bay watershed.
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B.
Arroyo Seco
Arroyo Seco is a seasonal river and canyon in Los Angeles County, California, known for its historic role in regional water management, recreation, and as the route followed by the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
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C.
Santa Paula Creek
Santa Paula Creek is a natural waterway in Ventura County, California, known for running through the city of Santa Paula and contributing to its scenic and recreational landscape.
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D.
San Mateo Creek
San Mateo Creek is a waterway in San Mateo County, California, that drains the Crystal Springs Reservoir and flows toward San Francisco Bay.
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E.
Arroyo Simi Valley
Arroyo Simi Valley is a valley region in Ventura County, California, associated with the Arroyo Simi watercourse and the surrounding communities such as Moorpark and Simi Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: San Francisquito Creek Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Alamitos Creek
Alamitos Creek is a stream in Santa Clara County, California, that flows through the Almaden Valley area and feeds into the Guadalupe River within the San Francisco Bay watershed.
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B.
Arroyo Seco
Arroyo Seco is a seasonal river and canyon in Los Angeles County, California, known for its historic role in regional water management, recreation, and as the route followed by the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
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C.
Santa Paula Creek
Santa Paula Creek is a natural waterway in Ventura County, California, known for running through the city of Santa Paula and contributing to its scenic and recreational landscape.
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D.
San Mateo Creek
San Mateo Creek is a waterway in San Mateo County, California, that drains the Crystal Springs Reservoir and flows toward San Francisco Bay.
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E.
Arroyo Simi Valley
Arroyo Simi Valley is a valley region in Ventura County, California, associated with the Arroyo Simi watercourse and the surrounding communities such as Moorpark and Simi Valley.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
perennial stream
ⓘ
stream ⓘ |
| basinCountry |
United States of America
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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
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
Santa Clara County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFloodRisk |
East Palo Alto, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Menlo Park, California NERFINISHED ⓘ Palo Alto, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRecreation |
hiking along creekside trails
ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ |
| hasTributary |
Bear Creek (San Mateo County)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
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surface form:
California
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| subjectOf | San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority restoration projects ⓘ |
| supportsSpecies |
Chinook salmon (occasionally)
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steelhead trout ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San Francisquito Creek Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.