Yosemite Creek (San Francisco)

Yosemite Creek is a body of water that originates at Yosemite Marsh in San Francisco's McLaren Park. The creek flows downhill towards Candlestick Point, mostly through underground culverts beneath private property and public right-of-way. It terminates in Yosemite Slough.

This article is about Yosemite Creek in San Francisco. For Yosemite Creek in Yosemite National Park, see Yosemite Creek.

In 2007, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which manages the city's water, began investigating the possibility of "daylighting" underground portions of the creek.[1] Because the city's Yosemite Basin watershed becomes overburdened during heavy rainfall, daylighting could significantly reduce strain on stormwater infrastructure.[2]

References
  1. "Urban Watershed Planning". San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  2. Smith, Brooke Ray (2007). "Assessing the Feasibility of Creek Daylighting in San Francisco, Part II: A Preliminary Analysis of Yosemite Creek". Restoration of Rivers and Streams. UC Berkeley.


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