• Hiker standing on mountiantop overlooking wide desert valley

    Mojave

    National Preserve California

Springs & Seeps: East of Grotto Hills (1:24,000)

Piute Tenaja
MOJA Spring IDs:
EOGH1
General Location:
Piute Mountain Range
Elevation: 1071 m
History: Below a wildlife drinker
Hydrogeology:
NA
Type of spring:
Tenaja
Vegetation:
none
Animal Use: 
Bighorn Sheep, Puma
Aquatic biota:
Insects
Ephemeral:
yes (in dry years)
Discharge: none
Water quality:
NA
Site Condition:
moderately disturbed
Type of disturbance:
diversion
Type of infrastructure/diversion:
A California Fish & Game drinker (now maintained and operated by SCBS) is located above the tenaja. The drinker has two large storage tanks which receive water through a pipe from a small check dam upstream.
Photos:
No

Did You Know?

photo of detail on Kelso Depot.

The railroad town of Kelso in Mojave National Preserve was named in 1905 by railroad construction workers. Two men placed their names in a hat, along with that of a third who had just moved away. The name drawn from the hat was that of John H. Kelso, the man absent from the drawing. More...