Pacheco Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 15, 2011 waterway in central Contra Costa County, California, United States.TopoQuest topographic map, USGS, retrieved July 5, 2008 It empties into Suisun Bay. It is formed by the intersection of Walnut Creek, Grayson Creek and Pine Creek.
The creek has a run of chinook salmon and steelhead trout after periods of rain in the winter and fall.
History
Salvio Pacheco, a Californio ranchero and military officer, was granted the Rancho Monte del Diablo in 1834, and settled there in 1844. The creek is named for him.
See also List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area
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