Subject: Robla or Rio Linda Creek????

Date: 21 April 2002.

Councilmember Sandy Sheedy and Supervisor Roger Dickinson,

I want to bring to your attention the confusion about a creek name within your districts, Robla Creek, Rio Linda Creek, Linda Creek, Maple Creek, Magpie Creek, what is the proper name?

The Creek that SAFCA, ARFCD, FEMA and the USACE call Robla Creek.

1. It is called Rio Linda Creek in the current edition of The Thomas Guide Map of Sacramento County.
2. It is called Rio Linda Creek by the McClellan Park Environmental Management Department.
3. It is called Linda Creek by the Sacramento County Bench Mark List.
4. The Sacramento Bee in an article on November 5, 1996 by Robert D. Davila (CREEK NAME'S MURKY PAST - IS IT CALLED RIO LINDA OR ROBLA? RESIDENTS, MAPS AT ODDS) listed Linda Creek, Rio Linda Creek and Robla Creek as names it has been called.
5. Caltrans could not find Rio Linda Creek or Robla Creek on any of the official road system maps in November 1996.
6. CSAA maps does not even give this creek a name.
7. It was called Maple Creek and then changed to Magpie Creek then changed to Magpie Creek diversion canal by Television Channel 3 News when an airplane had an emergency landing next to the Bike Trail on 27 March 2002. http://www.thekcrachannel.com/sac/news/localnews/stories/news-localnews-132855320020327-100312.html
8. About 3/4 of a mile of this creek passed through my parent's farm and since 1942, we always called it Linda Creek and when I first read about projects in the vicinity of Robla Creek, such as the Hansen Lakes project, I had a hard time finding the location.
9. On the current Sacramento City Council District 2 map, 21 April 2002, web pages, [click here for map] it is listed as Rio Linda Creek from the NEMDC or Steelhead Creek to where it crosses into Sacramento County just west of Dry Creek Road.  Then the Magpie Creek Diversion Channel is now labeled Rio Linda Creek and as you follow this creek east, it is labeled Rio Linda Creek on the east side of Raley Boulevard.  For some reason, I thought this section upstream of Raley Boulevard with in the City of Sacramento was Magpie Creek.
10. The creek within Sacramento County continues east and goes through the north end of McClellan Park and the main branch continues to the west side of Walerga Road and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.  This creek and its branches drain almost all if not all of North Highlands through Rio Linda.  Linda Creek Park is just west of this creek south of E Street in Rio Linda.
11. Now, 21 April 2002, a sign for the northbound Rio Linda Boulevard traffic at the bridge crossing subject creek identifies the creek as Rio Linda Creek, which agrees with the Sacramento City Council District Web Pages.  This portion of the creek is in the City of Sacramento.  (See pictures of sign below)

What are the chances that all the government agencies, news services, fire departments, police departments, and map makers can get together and agree upon a name for this creek so as to minimize confusion?

Erwin Hayer

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