San Pablo Creek
San Pablo Creek is an 18.7-mile-long creek in Contra Costa County, California, United States, which drains the canyon or valley between the San Pablo Ridge and the Sobrante Ridge, parts of the Pacific Coast Ranges east of San Francisco Bay.Photo: Coro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include West County Detention Facility and Contra Costa College.
West County Detention Facility
Prison
West County Detention Facility is a large coeducational adult medium security Contra Costa County jail in Richmond, California opened in 1991. West County Detention Facility is situated 2 miles northeast of San Pablo Creek.
Contra Costa College
College
Contra Costa College is a public community college in San Pablo, California, United States. It is the west campus of the Contra Costa Community College District. Contra Costa College is situated 2½ miles east of San Pablo Creek.
Chevron Richmond Refinery
Factory
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The Chevron Richmond Refinery is a 2,900-acre petroleum refinery in Richmond, California, on San Francisco Bay. It is owned and operated by Chevron Corporation and employs more than 1,200 workers, making it the city's largest employer. Chevron Richmond Refinery is situated 2½ miles south of San Pablo Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Richmond and Rheem.
North Richmond
Village
North Richmond is an unincorporated area in Contra Costa County, California, a census-designated place with a population of 4,175 as of the 2020 census, adjacent to and nearly surrounded by the city of Richmond.
Rheem
Hamlet
Rheem is a former unincorporated community now annexed to San Pablo in Contra Costa County, California. It lies on the BNSF Railway 2.5 miles north-northwest of downtown Richmond, an elevation of 26 feet. Rheem is situated 1½ miles east of San Pablo Creek.
Giant
Hamlet
Giant was an unincorporated community, now within Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, and annexed to Richmond in Contra Costa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 23 feet. Giant is situated 1½ miles northeast of San Pablo Creek.
San Pablo Creek
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“San Pablo Creek” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “San Pablo Creek”
- Cebuano: “San Pablo Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, California)”
- Cebuano: “San Pablo Creek”
- Venetian: “San Pablo”
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