Garza Creek

Garza Creek, originally El Arroyo de las Garzas (The Creek of the Herons). Its source on the north slope of Zwang Peak of the Diablo Range, in Kings County.

Garza Creek
Native name	El Arroyo de las Garzas (Spanish)
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Kings County
Physical characteristics
Source	source
• location	on the north slope of Zwang Peak of the Diablo Range., Kings County, California
• coordinates	35°56′53″N 120°15′01″W[1]
• elevation	3,081 ft (939 m)
Mouth	mouth
• location	terminates in the Kettleman Plain, 1.6 miles south of Kettleman Station., Kings County, California
• coordinates	36°01′37″N 120°11′08″W[1]
• elevation	778 ft (237 m)[1]

It flows east-northeast through Kreyenhagen Hills to terminate in the Kettleman Plain, 3.6 miles west northwest of Avenal in the San Joaquin Valley.^[1]

History

Arroyo de las Garzas was a watering place on the route of the El Camino Viejo in the San Joaquin Valley between Arroyo de Las Canoas and Alamo Solo Spring, in what is now Kings County.

This creek was the place first settled by Dave Kettelman, a 49er that went back to the Missouri River, and returned with a herd of cattle, which he pastured on his ranch in the Kettleman Plain and the Kettleman Hills west of Tulare Lake.^[2]

His name was later given to Kettleman Station, Kettleman City and the Kettleman North Dome Oil Field.^[3]