Little Panoche Creek (Arroyita de Panoche, Arroyo de Pannochita) | |
Pannochita Creek | |
stream | |
Name origin: Spanish | |
Country | United States |
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State | California |
Region | Fresno County |
Source | source |
- location | on the east slope of Glaucophane Ridge of the Diablo Range., San Benito County |
- elevation | 1,520 ft (463 m) |
- coordinates | 36°41′55″N 120°53′39″W / 36.69861°N 120.89417°W |
Mouth | mouth |
- location | California Aqueduct., Fresno County |
- elevation | 338 ft (103 m) |
- coordinates | 36°49′09″N 120°43′33″W / 36.81917°N 120.72583°WCoordinates: 36°49′09″N 120°43′33″W / 36.81917°N 120.72583°W |
Little Panoche Creek formerly known as Arroyita de Panoche or Arroyo de Pannochita (Little Sugarloaf Creek) and later anglicized to Panochita Creek is a creek in Fresno County, California. The source of this creek is on the east slope of Glaucophane Ridge, of the Diablo Range in San Benito County. It flows east-northeast through Little Panoche Reservoir to empty into the California Aqueduct. Before the advent of irrigation projects in the valley, its waters might have reached a slough of the San Joaquin River in years of heavy rains.
Arroyita de Panoche was a watering place on El Camino Viejo in the San Joaquin Valley between Arroyo de Las Ortigalito (Little Nettle Creek) and Arroyo de Panoche Grande (Big Sugarloaf Creek).