Corral Hollow Creek

Corral Hollow Creek, originally El Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres (The Creek of the Good Winds), later Buenos Ayres Creek, is a stream and tributary of the San Joaquin River, flowing through Alameda County and San Joaquin County, Central California.

Corral Hollow Creek Buenos Ayres Creek
Location of the mouth of Corral Hollow Creek in California
Native name	Arroyo De Los Buenos Aires/Ayres (Spanish)
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Counties	Alameda, San Joaquin
Physical characteristics
Source	Head of Corral Canyon
• location	1.9 mi (0 km) north of Mount Boardman, San Joaquin County
• coordinates	37°30′34.02″N 121°28′49.37″W
Mouth	Delta-Mendota Canal
• location	4.3 miles South of Tracy, California, San Joaquin County
• coordinates	37°40′42″N 121°25′58″W
• elevation	197 ft (60 m)
Length	21.39 mi (34.42 km)

Geography

The creek's headwaters are in the eastern slopes of the Diablo Range, and its confluence with the San Joaquin River is in the San Joaquin Valley.

Course

Its source is in Corral Canyon, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) north of Mount Boardman in San Joaquin County. It then flows north 1.89 miles where it turns to flow west-northwest 8.5 miles (13.7 km) into Alameda County and Corral Hollow, then turns abruptly east in the vicinity of Tesla to flow 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east, into San Joaquin County again, and another 2.5 miles to where it turns again in a northeasterly direction for 6 miles (9.7 km) to the Delta-Mendota Canal, 4.3 miles (6.9 km) south of Tracy, California, in the San Joaquin Valley.

History

The creek was originally named Arroyo de los Buenos Ayres or Aires by the Spanish, but the name later changed.