St. John's River has its source at the diversion dam in the Kaweah River at McKay's Point, about a mile west of Lemon Cove. The river flows in a westerly direction along the north side of the City of Visalia, where it joins Elbow Creek, conintuing in a westerly direction to Cross Creek.
Water from this river is taken out in diversion ditches at many places and serves many thousands of acres of rich farm land in the Sequoia Valley.
At a point about 4 miles north of Farmersville, the St. John's enters Elbow Creek. It flows then westerly to Cross Creek at a point north of Goshen and back into Elbow Creek at the confluence of Elbow and Cross Creeks. This water in time of flood finds its way into the Tulare Lake Basin through Elbow Creek.[1]
- ^ The Tulare County Chamber of Commerce, A Few Facts about Tulare County, California: St. John's River (Visalia, California: Version, 1959): 57.
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