Marin Creek
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| Marin Creek (Upper) Marin Creek Village Creek (Lower Marin Creek) |
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 Daylighted portion of lower Marin Creek (Village Creek) in the Gill Tract, UC Village area
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| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| Region | Alameda County |
| Part of | Codornices Creek |
| City | Berkeley and Albany, California |
| Source | springs |
| - location | Berkeley Hills |
| - coordinates | |
| Mouth | Eastshore embayment, San Francisco Bay |
| - location | Albany Beach, United States |
| - coordinates | |
Marin Creek (from Spanish Marín meaning: seaman or marine), whose lower reaches are called Village Creek is a creek tributary of Codornices Creek in northwestern Alameda County, California.[1]
[edit] Overview
The creek naturally ran from the Berkeley Hills through the cities of Berkeley and Albany, however it is now largely superseded by a network of strowndrains and is only daylighted in about 6 small patches in the UC Village area.[2][1][3] The creek also runs beside UC Village to its mouth into San Francisco Bay. The creek originally drained into a slough near El Cerrito del Sud (now Flemming Point) at the current location of the Golden Gate Fields racetrack site.[4]
The stream is upkept and lobbied for by Friends of the Five Creeks a community organization.
In the early 20th century, a portion of the creek flowed through a channel in the center of Marin Avenue in Albany, which has since been culverted. In fact the creek has been culverted nearly in its entirety under Marin Avenue.[5] Culverting of this creek has led to flooding and drainage problems in Albany, as this practice is not a sound nor permanent method of containing drainwater.[6]
The University of California Berkeley daylighted a portion Lower Marin or Village Creek. The 900-foot (0.27 km) stretch of the creek through UC Village has been modeled into an 1,125-foot (0.34 km) 0.77 acre (.31 hectares) riparian habitat with the purposes of habitat restoration and community protection from a 100 year flood.[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Codornices Creek Watershed Map, Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Creeks, museumca.org, Museum of California, retrieved March 12, 2008
- ^ Creek mouths along the Bay Trail in Berkeley, Albany, and south Richmond, by Susan Schwartz, Friends of Five Creeks, March 9, 2003, retrieved March 12, 2008
- ^ Marin Creek, ACME.com, retrieved March 12, 2008
- ^ Eastshore State Park Walk, The Pre-Goldrush Waterfront, Susan Schwartz, October 1999, retrieved March 12, 2008
- ^ M, Diablo Audobon, retrieved March 12, 2008
- ^ CITY OF ALBANY CITY COUNCIL AGENDA STAFF REPORT, February 4, 2008, retrieved March 12, 2008
- ^ Post Project Appraisal of Village Creek Restoration, Albany, CA , by Melissa Asher and Kaumudi Atapattu, Fall 2005, retrieved March 12, 2008
[edit] External links
- Friends of the Five Creeks - maps of Marin/Village Creek.
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