Watershed Descriptions

Santa Cruz Mountains – Back to Study Area

Area¹: 55,319 km²

Planning Watersheds¹: 2

Description: The Santa Cruz Mountains watershed is located in southeast Santa Cruz County. The watershed contains the Santa Cruz – Santa Clara and Santa Cruz – San Benito county lines. The community of San Juan Bautista is located in the southeast portion of the watershed. The Mission San Juan Bautista and San Juan Bautista State Historic Park are also located in the southeast portion of the watershed. To interactively explore features of this watershed, visit the Interactive Mapping section of this Web site.

Streams²:

Salmonids³:

• steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Watershed Groups: None known 11/03

Watershed Plans: None known 11/03

Ownership⁴: Private

Landcover and Landuse⁵:

Source Information:

¹California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Watersheds (CALWATER 2.2) for Hydrologic Sub-Area Name and Planning Watershed Name (see metadata for srp_calw22)
²U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Stream Reach File 3 (see metadata for srp_rf3)
³Personal communication: Jerry Smith (San Jose), Don Alley (Brookdale), Kristen Schroeder (Santa Cruz County), 2004.
  County of Santa Cruz Map of Steelhead and Coho Salmon Distribution in Santa Cruz County, May 2004.
⁴California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Conservation and Public Lands (Legacy Project) (see metadata spr_govtowna)
⁵California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Multi Source Landcover Data (2002) (see metadata srp_fveg)

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