Arroyo Bayo

Arroyo Bayo
Arroyo Bayou
Arroyo Bayo is located in California
Arroyo Bayo
Location of the mouth in California
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSanta Clara County
Physical characteristics
SourceJust west of upper San Antonio Valley in the Diablo Range
 • coordinates37°20′06″N 121°29′20″W / 37.33500°N 121.48889°W / 37.33500; -121.48889[1]
 • elevation2,420 ft (740 m)
MouthConfluence with San Antonio Creek to form Arroyo Valle
 • coordinates
37°23′08″N 121°34′21″W / 37.38556°N 121.57250°W / 37.38556; -121.57250[1]
 • elevation
1,808 ft (551 m)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftJack Canyon Creek, Blumbago Canyon Creek
 • rightBollinger Canyon Creek, Sawtooth Canyon Creek

Arroyo Bayo is an 8-mile-long (13 km)[2][3] perennial stream which flows northwest along Mount Hamilton Road east of Mt. Hamilton in the Diablo Range. It is part of the southern Alameda Creek watershed in Santa Clara County, California.

History

The historic Rancho Arroyo Bayo was located where Blumbago Canyon Creek joins Arroyo Bayo.[4] The section of Mt. Hamilton Road east of Mt. Hamilton was known as Bayou Road on the historic Thomas and West map.[5] "Bayo" is Mexican Spanish for a dun, brown, or sorrel horse with a dark mane, tail and stripe on its back.[6]

Watershed and course

Arroyo Bayo arises at 2,240 feet (680 m) then flows west-northwest along Mount Hamilton Road then turns north where it is joined by San Antonio Creek to form Arroyo Valle. Arroyo Valle flows north through Lake Del Valle to the Livermore Valley where it turns west to Arroyo de la Laguna at Interstate 680, ultimately joining Alameda Creek and terminating in San Francisco Bay.

Habitat and Ecology

Informal surveys of Arroyo Bayo have found no steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Arroyo Bayo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 12, 2016
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (2000). Durham's Place Names of the San Francisco Bay Area. Clovis, California: Word Dancer Press. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Rancho Arroyo Bayo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. ^ San Antone Valley Rd. and Bayou Rd. in Santa Clara County 1956, California (Map). Thomas Bros. 1956. p. 52. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. ^ Win Blevins (1 August 2008). Dictionary of the American West. TCU Press. ISBN 978-0-87565-483-6.
  7. ^ Robert A. Leidy; Gordon Becker; Brett N. Harvey (2005). Historical Distribution and Current Status of Steelhead/Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Streams of the San Francisco Estuary, California (PDF) (Report). Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration. pp. 77–78. Retrieved 2016-03-12.