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Deer Creek (Tulare County, California)

Coordinates: 35°56′05″N 119°28′23″W / 35.93472°N 119.47306°W / 35.93472; -119.47306
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Deer Creek
More's Creek
Deer Creek (Tulare County, California) is located in California
Deer Creek (Tulare County, California)
Location of the mouth within California
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionTulare County
Physical characteristics
Sourcesource
 • locationon the west slope of the Greenhorn Mountains, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, Tulare County
 • coordinates35°54′10″N 118°34′13″W / 35.90278°N 118.57028°W / 35.90278; -118.57028[1]
 • elevation7,560 ft (2,300 m)
Mouthmouth
 • location
terminates at the Lakeland and Homeland Canals in the San Joaquin Valley, Tulare County
 • coordinates
35°56′05″N 119°28′23″W / 35.93472°N 119.47306°W / 35.93472; -119.47306[1]
 • elevation
203 ft (62 m)[1]

Deer Creek, formerly More's Creek, is a creek in Tulare County, California. Its source is in the on the west slope of the Greenhorn Mountains, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range. From there Deer Creek runs west to terminate at the Lakeland and Homeland Canals in the San Joaquin Valley just east of the Tulare - Kings County border. Originally it ran into Tulare Lake before it was diverted for agriculture.

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