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Santiago Creek

Rivers of Orange County, CaliforniaRivers of Southern CaliforniaSanta Ana MountainsTributaries of the Santa Ana River
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the session of the Legislature of the State of California (1917) (14595348077)
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the session of the Legislature of the State of California (1917) (14595348077)

Santiago Creek is a major watercourse in Orange County in the U.S. state of California. About 34 miles (55 km) long, it drains most of the northern Santa Ana Mountains and is a tributary to the Santa Ana River. It is one of the longest watercourses entirely within the county. The creek shares its name with Santiago Peak, at 5,687 ft (1,733 m) the highest point in Orange County, on whose slopes its headwaters rise. The Santiago Creek watershed covers about 100.6 square miles (261 km2) in northern Orange County. The upper part of the creek is free-flowing, while the lower section is urbanized and includes parts of the cities of Tustin, Orange, and Santa Ana. Below the Villa Park Dam the creek is mostly channelized and flows only during heavy winter storms. Historically the Santiago Creek provided water for the Tongva people, whose territory extended over much of northern present-day Orange County and into the Los Angeles Basin. Native Americans have inhabited the Santiago Creek and Santa Ana River watershed for up to 12,000 years. The creek was named by the Spanish Gaspar de Portolá expedition of 1769, which crossed the Santa Ana River near where it meets the Santiago Creek. In the 1870s there was a short-lived silver boom along the tributary Silverado Creek. In 1929 the Santiago Dam was built to form Irvine Lake, to supply irrigation water. Pipelines from Irvine Lake still contribute a small amount of water to the municipality of Villa Park.

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Santiago Creek
West Memory Lane, Santa Ana

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West Memory Lane
92706 Santa Ana
California, United States
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Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the session of the Legislature of the State of California (1917) (14595348077)
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