Bull Creek (Los Angeles County)

For other rivers of the same name, see Bull Creek.
Bull Creek

Bull Creek, looking north from Victory Blvd.
Country United States
Basin
Main source Granada Hills, California
River mouth Los Angeles River, California

Bull Creek is a 9.6-mile-long (15.4 km)[1] tributary of the Los Angeles River in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, California.

The creek rises in Bull Canyon on Oat Mountain. After leaving its canyon, it is encased in a concrete flood control channel, wherein it runs south from Granada Hills though North Hills, Van Nuys (including its airport), and Lake Balboa. South of Victory Boulevard, the river reverts to a free-flowing stream and joins the Los Angeles River inside the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area. This section has recently been restored under a federally funded ecosystem restoration project, in part to protect the important riparian habitat.[2][3]

In 1971, on the morning of the Sylmar earthquake, residents of Granada Hills, Northridge, North Hills, and Van Nuys who were living between Balboa Boulevard and the San Diego Freeway were evacuated after the Van Norman Dam nearly broke. However, a great flood down the banks of Bull Creek was averted.

Crossings and tributaries

From mouth to source (year built in parentheses):[4]
  • Hayvenhurst Avenue & Plummer Street (1974)
  • Granada Channel enters
  • Lassen Street (1973)
  • Mayall Street [Pedestrian Bridge]
  • Devonshire Street (1956)
  • Chatsworth Street (1956)
  • Celtic Street (1976)
  • Bull Creek Canyon Channel Bridge carrying State Route 118 (Ronald Reagan Freeway) - twin bridges (original 1978, rebuilt 1994 after the Northridge earthquake)
  • San Fernando Mission Road (1962)
  • John F. Kennedy High School
  • Simonds Street (1978)
  • Rinaldi Street & Woodley Avenue (1962)
  • Stranwood Avenue

Coordinates: 34°10′44″N 118°29′52″W / 34.17889°N 118.49786°W / 34.17889; -118.49786[5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed March 16, 2011
  2. ↑ "Congressman Sherman Announces Grand Opening of Bull Creek Channel Ecosystem Restoration Project in Sepulveda Basin". Congressman Brad Sherman. May 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  3. ↑ "Return of the Native Habitat". LA Daily. LA Weekly. May 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  4. ↑ "National Bridge Inventory Database". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  5. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bull Creek
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