Watershed Descriptions

Tunitas Creek – Back to Study Area

Area¹: 86,794 km²

Planning Watersheds¹: 3

Description: The Tunitas Creek watershed is located along the Pacific Coast in central San Mateo County. The community of Lobitos is found in this sparsely populated watershed. Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve and Half Moon Bay State Beach are located in Tunitas Creek 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:

Ownership⁴: Local, State, Federal, and 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) and Don Alley (Brookdale), 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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