Santa Clarita Valley
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The Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) is part of the upper watershed of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,673 ha) Rancho San Francisco Mexican land grant. Located in Los Angeles County, its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita which includes the neighborhoods of Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia. Adjacent unincorporated communities include Castaic, Stevenson Ranch, Val Verde, and Valencia.
View from the Sierra Pelona Mountains
Overlooking Santa Clarita from Ed Davis Park at Towsley Canyon.
The Sand Fire burning in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 2016. Wildfires of varying strengths occur periodically around the valley.
Coastal sage and chaparral typical of the southwestern and central portions of the valley.
Santa Clara River (California)
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The Santa Clara River is an 83 mi (134 km) long river in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in Southern California. It drains parts of four ranges in the Transverse Ranges System north and northwest of Los Angeles, then flows west onto the Oxnard Plain and into the Santa Barbara Channel of the Pacific Ocean.
View of Santa Clara River with Rancho Camulos in the foreground, 1888
Aerial view of the Santa Clara River as it winds through Soledad Canyon just east of Santa Clarita
Aerial view of the Santa Clara River at Piru
Fisherman with catch of steelhead in lower Sespe Creek, 1911