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Devilwater Creek

Coordinates: 35°31′18″N 119°53′40″W / 35.52167°N 119.89444°W / 35.52167; -119.89444
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Devilwater Creek
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EtymologySpanish
Native nameAguaje Del Diablo Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help)
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 / 35.47833°N 119.94167°W / 35.47833; -119.94167[1]
Mouthmouth
 • location
at a point just west of Media Aqua Creek., Kern County
 • coordinates
35°31′18″N 119°53′40″W / 35.52167°N 119.89444°W / 35.52167; -119.89444[1]
 • elevation
997 ft (304 m)[1]

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]

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]

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