 Eaton Canyon with toll road bridge in background Eaton Canyon is a major canyon beginning at the Eaton Saddle near Mount Markham and San Gabriel Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest. Its drainage flows into the Rio Hondo river and then into the Los Angeles River. [1] It is named after Judge Benjamin Eaton, who built the first Fair Oaks Ranch House in 1865 not far from Eaton Creek. [2] Mount Markham is a majestic twin-peaked massif, 4,350 and 4,280 m, surmounting the north end of Antarcticas Markham Plateau. ...
San Gabriel Mountains The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert. ...
The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. ...
The Rio Hondo is a tributary of the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles County, California, approximately 20 miles long. ...
The Los Angeles River, highlighted in red (on the left). ...
The most well-known portion of the canyon is the Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Altadena, California. The trailhead of the Mount Wilson Toll Road is in the canyon.[3][4] Altadena is an unincorporated census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California approx. ...
The Mt Wilson Tollhouse seen along East Altadena Drive at Mendocino Lane. ...
History
The canyon is one of the east-west canyons that separate the steep southern ridge and the taller northern ridge of the San Gabriel Mountains. The canyons run along the San Gabriel Fault[5], once a main part of the San Andreas Fault. [2] View of the San Andreas Fault on the Carrizo Plain in central California, 35°07N, 119°39W The San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1300 kilometres) through western and southern California in the United States. ...
Eaton Canyon is in the foothills of these mountains. Originally called "El Precipicio" by the Spanish settlers because of its steep gorges, the canyon falls under several governmental jurisdictions. [2]
Benjamin Eaton was hired by Don Benito Wilson to bring water to the Fair Oaks Ranch.[6] In August 1877, naturalist John Muir set out from Pasadena for an expedition into the San Gabriels. He writes: "On the first day of my excursion I went only as far as the mouth of Eaton Canyon, because the heat was oppressive, and a pair of new shoes were chafing my feet to such an extent that walking began to be painful."[7] [8] [9] Fair Oaks Ranch is a city located in Texas. ...
John Muir appears on the California quarter John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. ...
On October 27, 1993, the floor of Eaton Canyon, along with surrounding 118 homes, was devastated by a wildfire. [10]
Landmarks
Eaton Canyon Natural Area Park The Eaton Canyon Natural Area Park is located where the mountain stream debouches into the foothill wash at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. The park is administered by the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation. The county administers the lower two-thirds of the area below the toll road bridge. Most of the 190 acres that comprises the natural area lie on the northern boundaries of the old Rancho San Pascual and Rancho Santa Anita on land designated for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Once the railroad gave up the land, it was opened for homesteading.[2] The nature center is unique in the area because it houses exhibits that educate on the flora and fauna local to the San Gabriel Valley Southern California. The center was rebuilt in 1998 after the 1993 fire destroyed the previous facility. [6] [11] The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting marks SP) was an American railroad. ...
Pasadena and parts of Altadena receive about 40% of their water from local sources. [2] The upper third is controlled by the Water Department of the City of Pasadena.[6] [11] Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
- 34°11′31″N 118°03′22″W / 34.19189, -118.056 - Eaton Canyon Park
Eaton Canyon Falls The falls are where the Eaton Creek has a fifty foot drop and are located north of the bridge in the part of the canyon administered by the US Forest Service.[12] John Muir once described the waterfall as "a charming little thing, with a low, sweet voice, singing like a bird, as it pours from a notch in a short ledge, some thirty or forty feet into a round mirror-pool."[13] John Muir appears on the California quarter John Muir (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. ...
- 34°10′50″N 118°05′42″W / 34.1806, -118.095 - Eaton Canyon falls
Golf Course The Eaton Canyon Golf Course is administered by the Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation[14] - 34°09′57″N 118°06′16″W / 34.1658, -118.1044 - Eaton Canyon Park Golf Course
Mount Wilson Toll Road  Mt. Wilson Toll Road trail head -
The Mt. Wilson Toll Road to Henninger Flats is controlled by the Forester and Fire Warden of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The Mt Wilson Tollhouse seen along East Altadena Drive at Mendocino Lane. ...
Henninger Flats Henninger Flats is a small hanging basin 2,600[1] above sea level in the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest. ...
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Habra, in Orange County. ...
- 34°11′31″N 118°06′16″W / 34.19189, -118.1044 - Mt. Wilson Toll Road trail head
Eaton Wash Emerging from the foothills and flowing south, the Eaton Creek become the Eaton Wash, whose drainage flows into the Rio Hondo river and then into the Los Angeles River. The wash is one of the Altadena streams that helps to feed to Raymond Basin. Rubio, Las Flores and others all flow to the east eventually to join the Rio Hondo. Millard Canyon on the west flows to the Arroyo Seco. Eaton Wash it is one of the two major streams that channels storm water in Pasadena, the other is the Arroyo Seco on the western side of the city. [15] The Rio Hondo is a tributary of the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles County, California, approximately 20 miles long. ...
The Los Angeles River, highlighted in red (on the left). ...
On it way to the Rio Hondo, the Eaton Wash is joined by the combined drainages from Pasadena Glen and Hastings Canyons. These channels have all been modified by flood control dams near the base of the mountains, and both have been confined to manmade channels or storm drains in their lower reaches. Typically the Eaton Wash and Arroyo Seco carry very little water. Peak discharges are typically of less than 1,000 cfs for Arroyo Seco and less than 500 cfs for Eaton Wash. A cubic foot per second (also cfs, cusec and ft3/s) is an Imperial unit / U.S. customary unit of flow rate equal to a cube with sides each 12 inches (1 foot or 472. ...
A cubic foot per second (also cfs, cusec and ft3/s) is an Imperial unit / U.S. customary unit of flow rate equal to a cube with sides each 12 inches (1 foot or 472. ...
- 34°04′10″N 118°03′22″W / 34.0694, -118.056 - Eaton Wash, USGS El Monte (CA)
Eaton Canyon Reservoir and Dam Eaton Wash Reservoir and the Eaton Wash Dam were built in 1937 and is controlled by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. The dam is a rock fill, 63 feet in height, and is 1545 feet in length. Normal storage for the reservoir is 721 acre feet. It has a surface area of 54 acres and drains an area of 9.47 square miles. Its primary usage is for flood control and debris storage. [16][17] 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (LACDPW) is responsible for the construction and operation of Los Angeles Countys roads, sewerage, drinking water supply, and flood control. ...
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A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. ...
- 34°10′12″N 118°05′29″W / 34.17, -118.09134 - Eaton Canyon Reservoir
- 34°10′09″N 118°05′24″W / 34.1692, -118.09 - Eaton Wash Dam
See also The California chaparral and woodlands is a terrestrial ecoregion of central and southern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico), located on the west coast of North America. ...
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