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2015 Map of Santiago Creek

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Santiago Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

The San Andreas Fault bisects this portion of the San Emigdio Mountains in southern Kern County, creating a stark geological divide across the southern reach of the Los Padres National Forest. The landscape is defined by the drainage networks of Santiago Creek and Bitter Creek, which carve through the high-elevation terrain near the Kern and Ventura County line.

Surface features like Cowhead Potrero and Blue Ridge reflect the uplift and erosion characteristic of this tectonic zone. Transportation is limited to high-altitude routes such as Cerro Noroeste Rd, which skirts Ballinger Canyon in the southwest. The map documents a largely unpopulated wilderness, dominated by the intersecting seasonal flows of W Twin Creek and E Twin Creek, providing a detailed look at the complex topography of the California coast ranges.