Stemple Creek
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Stemple Creek is a Script error: No such module "convert". long, westward-flowing stream in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin, which feeds into the Estero de San Antonio.[1] Its waters ultimately reach Bodega Bay, part of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary on the Pacific Ocean.
Course
Stemple Creek springs from low-lying coastal hills Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Cotati. It crosses under Stony Point Road and runs about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast before turning westward. It passes south of Two Rock, California, then crosses into Marin County just west of Training Center Petaluma. The creek follows a sinuous course across northern West Marin, with bridges at Alexander Road, Twin Bridge Road, and State Route 1, to a confluence with the Estero de San Antonio just west of State Route 1.
Environmental factors
California's 1994 water quality report designated Stemple Creek as an "impaired" streamway as defined in section 303(d) of the Federal Water Resource Statutes, due to runoff from pasture land and feedlots. Pollutants found at hazardous level in the creek have included copper, ammonia, and zinc.[2]
Bridges
Bridges cross Stemple Creek at Route One, Pepper Road, Twin Bridge Road, Alexander Road, Tomales Road, Valley Ford Road, Mecham Road, and Pepper Road. The newest and longest of these, built in 1982, is the Script error: No such module "convert". long concrete slab structure at milepost 47.41 on State Route 1. The oldest, built in 1915, is the Script error: No such module "convert". concrete tee beam bridge carrying Valley Ford Road, located Script error: No such module "convert". from State Route 1.[3]
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