Devilwater Creek

Devilwater Creek, originally Arroyo Del Diablo,[2] a stream with its source on the east slope of the Temblor Range in Kern County, California, that flows northeast to terminate just a mile west southwest of the mouth of Media Aqua Creek. It was officially named Devilwater Creek in 1909.[1]

Devilwater Creek
EtymologySpanish
Native nameAguaje Del Diablo
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionKern County
Physical characteristics
Sourcesource
 • locationon the east slope of the Temblor Range., Kern County
 • coordinates35°28′42″N 119°56′30″W[1]
Mouthmouth
 • location
at a point just west of Media Aqua Creek., Kern County
 • coordinates
35°31′18″N 119°53′40″W[1]
 • elevation
997 ft (304 m)[1]

History

Aguaje Del Diablo (Devil's Watering Place) was an aguaje or watering place on El Camino Viejo along the Arroyo del Diablo in the foothills on the east slope of the Temblor Range between Arroyo de Los Carneros in the south and Arroyo de Matarano to the north.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Devilwater Creek
  2. – Mildred Brooke Hoover, Mildred Brooke Hoover, Historic spots in California, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1990, p.89
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