Permanente Creek
| Permanente Creek | |
| Arroyo Permanente | |
| stream | |
California mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) buck straddling perennial reach of Permanente Creek between Foothill Expressway and Interstate 280. Photo taken October 8, 2016.
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| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| Region | Santa Clara County |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | West Fork Permanente Creek and Hale Creek |
| Cities | Los Altos, Mountain View |
| Source | Black Mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains |
| - location | Los Altos |
| - elevation | 2,421 ft (738 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°19′20″N 122°08′41″W / 37.32222°N 122.14472°W |
| Mouth | Mountain View Slough in southwest San Francisco Bay |
| - location | Mountain View |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°26′00″N 122°05′09″W / 37.43333°N 122.08583°WCoordinates: 37°26′00″N 122°05′09″W / 37.43333°N 122.08583°W |
Permanente Creek is a 13.3-mile-long (21.4 km)stream originating on Black Mountain in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is the namesake for the Kaiser Permanente health maintenance organization. Named by early Spanish explorers as Arroyo Permanente or Rio Permanente because of its perennial flow, the creek descends the east flank of Black Mountain then courses north through Los Altos and Mountain View culminating in southwest San Francisco Bay historically at the Charleston Slough but now diverted via the Permanente Creek Diversion Channel to Stevens Creek and the Mountain View Slough in San Francisco Bay.
The Ohlone Indians lived in the area for over 3,000 years prior to the arrival of the Europeans. A large village, known as Partacsi, was located in this general area. An expedition led by Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza passed through this area in March 1776 as he forged the first overland route from Monterey to San Francisco Bay. Mission Santa Clara de Asis was founded in October of the same year, where many of the local Indians were taken. Governor Alvarado granted Rancho San Antonio de Padua to Juan Prado Mesa in 1839. This 440-acre (1.8 km2) rancho was bounded by Adobe Creek to the north and Stevens Creek to the south, and included Permanente Creek. On a diseño of Rancho San Antonio in 1839 Permanente Creek is shown as Arroyo Permanente. Mesa had been a soldier at the Presidio of San Francisco since 1828, served as a corporal in the Santa Clara Guard, and had won fame as a soldier and Indian fighter. Mesa died in 1845.
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