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Los Trancos Creek
Los Stancos Creek, Los Staneos Creek,
Stancos Creek, Strancos Creek[1][2]
Los Trancos Creek just upstream from Piers Lane Bridge with perennial pools at end July 2011.
EtymologySpanish language
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionNorthwestern Santa Clara County
and southeastern San Mateo County
CityPortola Valley, Menlo Park, Stanford University
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLos Trancos Open Space Preserve on the northwest slope of Monte Bello Ridge
 • coordinates37°19′41″N 122°10′35″W / 37.32806°N 122.17639°W / 37.32806; -122.17639[1]
 • elevation2,080 ft (630 m)
MouthSan Francisquito Creek
 • location
West edge of Stanford University below Interstate 280
 • coordinates
37°24′50″N 122°11′30″W / 37.41389°N 122.19167°W / 37.41389; -122.19167[1]
 • elevation
164 ft (50 m)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBovet Creek
 • rightBuckeye Creek (East Fork Los Trancos Creek), Felt Creek

Los Trancos Creek (meaning "barriers" or "cattle guards" from the Spanish "Las Trancas"[2]) is a creek that flows northerly from Monte Bello Ridge on the northeast slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains to its confluence with San Francisquito Creek at Stanford University in California, United States. The creek forms the boundary between northwestern Santa Clara County and southeastern San Mateo County.

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Los Trancos Creek
  2. ^ a b Erwin G. Gudde (2004). California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-520-26619-3.

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