Yosemite Creek (San Francisco)

This article is about Yosemite Creek in San Francisco. For Yosemite Creek in Yosemite National Park, see Yosemite Creek.

Yosemite Creek is a body of water that originates at Yosemite Marsh in San Francisco's McLaren Park. The creek flows downhill towards Candlestick Point, mostly through underground culverts beneath private property and public right-of-way. It terminates in Yosemite Slough.

In 2007, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which manages the city's water, began investigating the possibility of "daylighting" underground portions of the creek.[1] Because the city's Yosemite Basin watershed becomes overburdened during heavy rainfall, daylighting could significantly reduce strain on stormwater infrastructure.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Urban Watershed Planning". San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Smith, Brooke Ray (2007). "Assessing the Feasibility of Creek Daylighting in San Francisco, Part II: A Preliminary Analysis of Yosemite Creek". Restoration of Rivers and Streams. UC Berkeley.


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