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    Sespe Creek (Chumash: S'eqp'e', "Kneecap") is a stream, some 61 miles (98 km) long, in Ventura County, southern California, in the Western United States...
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    after it had ignited. The fire, originating in the main stem of the Sespe Creek drainage and benefiting from warm, dry, and breezy conditions, entered...
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  • Sespe Creek is located in the southern Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County, Southern California. The stream winds over 31 miles (50 km) through...
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    The Sespe Wilderness is primarily chaparral-covered terrain, with areas of California oak woodland and riparian habitats. A section of Sespe Creek flows...
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    River flow down from the Topatopa Mountains, the largest being Piru Creek and Sespe Creek. Lake Piru is the only major reservoir located within the mountains...
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    Matilija Creek. The range is approximately contiguous with the Topatopa Mountains beyond to the east, which terminates abruptly at Sespe Creek. The climate...
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    the Santa Ynez Mountains, Sespe Mountains, San Cayetano Mountains, and Tehachapi Mountains. Piru, Castaic and Sespe Creeks, each over 50 mi (80 km) long...
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  • Rancho Sespe was a 8,881-acre (35.94 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County, California given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Carlos...
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    Most businesses are located on Ventura Street (Highway 126). The nearby Sespe Creek is a tributary of the Santa Clara River. Fillmore is within a historic...
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    Calleguas Creek Malibu Creek Topanga Creek Santa Clara River Santa Paula Creek Sisar Creek Boulder Creek Sespe Creek Little Sespe Creek Tar Creek West Fork...
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    Saticoy from the word Sa'aqtiko'y (meaning "sheltered for the wind"), and Sespe Creek from the word S'eqp'e (meaning "kneecap"). In October 1542, the expedition...
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    Sespe Hot Springs (Chumash: S'eqp'e') are a system of thermal springs and seeps that form a hot spring creek in the mountains near the Sespe Condor Sanctuary...
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    are drained by Sespe Creek, which empties into the Santa Clara River at Fillmore. In 1991, 31.5 miles of the 55-mile-long Sespe Creek was given federal Wild...
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    downstream is closed to any fishing. Sespe Creek — watershed on the west. Sespe Wilderness Santa Clara River topics "Piru Creek". Geographic Names Information...
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    earth that supports the bridge's footings. A section of the bridge over Sespe Creek near Fillmore washed away on January 10, preventing the movement of freight...
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  • 5788768°N 119.2581680°W / 34.5788768; -119.2581680 Sespe Gorge is a rugged section of the upper Sespe Creek in Ventura County, southern California. The formation...
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    condors and two Andean condors were released into the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, overlooking the Sespe Creek, near Fillmore, California. This was done by the...
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    mountain creeks by kayak during their flood stage following heavy rains. His first such project in May, 1984 was the descent of Sespe Creek, which runs...
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    1885 and worked for the Sespe Land and Water Company. As part of his compensation he was granted twenty acres on Sespe Creek. In 1886 he returned to the...
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  • River - New York Sepulga River - Alabama Sequatchie River - Tennessee Sespe Creek - California Seven Mile River - central Massachusetts Seven Mile River...
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    including the Carmel, Salinas, Cuyama, Sisquoc, Santa Ynez, Coyote Creek, Sespe, Ventura, and Piru. Several wilderness areas have been set aside within...
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    Act of 1968 by adding portions of Piru Creek, Little Sur River, Matilija Creek, Lopez Creek, and Sespe Creek to the list of streams for potential designation...
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  • advancing swiftly east into the Sespe Creek drainage. A wall of flame 5 miles (8.0 km) wide swept 12 miles (19 km) down Sespe Creek, burning as much as 35,000...
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    Oxnard and Ventura. Tributaries to this river include Sespe Creek, Piru Creek, and Castaic Creek. Oxnard is on a tectonically active plate, since most...
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  • Abadi Creek is a stream located in the U.S. state of California. It is located in Santa Barbara County. List of rivers of California "GNIS Detail - Abadi...
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    Sespia ("of Sespe Creek") is an extinct genus of oreodont endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Oligocene 26.3—24.8 mya, existing for approximately...
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    ridgelines in many local mountain ranges. The type locality of the Sespe is along Sespe Creek in the Topatopa Mountains, about four miles (6 km) north of Fillmore...
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    River Calleguas Creek Malibu Creek Sespe Creek Ballona Creek Dominguez Channel Los Angeles River Tujunga Wash San Gabriel River Coyote Creek Santa Ana River...
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    on January 20, 1969, while attempting to rescue a group of hikers at Sespe Creek. Chico was stranded in a stalled rescue tractor in the middle of the...
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    118°37′48″W / 34.41944°N 118.63000°W / 34.41944; -118.63000 Castaic Creek (Chumash: Kaštiq) is a 25.0-mile-long (40.2 km) stream in the Sierra Pelona...
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