San Timoteo Creek
| San Timoteo Creek San Timoteo Wash | |
|---|---|
Map of the Santa Ana River drainage basin | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Counties | San Bernardino, Riverside |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of Little San Antonio Creek and Noble Creek |
| • location | San Bernardino Mountains |
| • coordinates | 33°56′28″N 117°0′22″W / 33.94111°N 117.00611°W |
| • elevation | 2,430 ft (740 m) |
| Mouth | Santa Ana River |
• location | Near Loma Linda |
• coordinates | 34°04′10″N 117°16′50″W / 34.06944°N 117.28056°W |
• elevation | 1,004 ft (306 m) |
| Basin size | 125 sq mi (320 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | near Loma Linda |
| • average | 4.29 cu ft/s (0.121 m3/s) |
| • minimum | 0 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| • maximum | 15,000 cu ft/s (420 m3/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Coopers Creek |
| • right | Noble Creek, Little San Gorgonio Creek, Yucaipa Creek |
San Timoteo Creek (also called San Timoteo Wash, colloquially known as San Tim) is a stream in Riverside and San Bernardino counties in southern California, United States. A tributary of the Santa Ana River, it flows through San Timoteo Canyon. San Timoteo Creek has a drainage basin of about 125 square miles (320 km2). The creek receives most of its water from headwater tributaries flowing from the San Bernardino Mountains near Cherry Valley, as well as Yucaipa Creek, which flows from Live Oak Canyon.
In the past the creek was intermittent. Today it flows year-round due to agricultural runoff and secondary treatment discharge from a water treatment plant in Yucaipa.
The name "San Timoteo" was given to the creek and canyon around 1830. It is Spanish for Saint Timothy.