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Little Panoche Creek formerly known as Arroyita de Panoche or Arroyo de Pannochita (Little Sugarloaf Creek) and later anglicized to Panochita Creek is a creek in Fresno County, California. The source of this creek is on the east slope of Glaucophane Ridge, of the Diablo Range in San Benito County. It flows east-northeast through Little Panoche Reservoir to empty into the California Aqueduct. Before the advent of irrigation projects in the valley, its waters might have reached a slough of the San Joaquin River in years of heavy rains.

History

Arroyita de Panoche was a watering place on El Camino Viejo in the San Joaquin Valley between Arroyo de Las Ortigalito (Little Nettle Creek) and Arroyo de Panoche Grande (Big Sugarloaf Creek).

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Panoche Creek
2. Frank F. Latta, "El Camino Viejo á Los Angeles", Kern County Historical Association, 1936, map
3. Mildred B. Hoover, et al. Historic Spots in California. 3rd edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1966. p.89
4. Mildred B. Hoover, et al. Historic Spots in California. 3rd edition. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1966. pp.89,202.

• Rivers of Fresno County, California
• Tributaries of the San Joaquin River
• Diablo Range
• Geography of the San Joaquin Valley
• El Camino Viejo
• Rivers of Northern California