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The San Dieguito River Valley Regional
Open Space Park Joint Powers Authority, also known as
the San Dieguito River Park,
is the agency responsible for creating a greenway and
natural open space park in the San Dieguito River Valley.
The vision of the River Park is to preserve and interpret
the natural and cultural resources of the river valley
from the river's source on Volcan Mountain, north of
Julian, to the Pacific Ocean in Del Mar.
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Hydrologic Unit 905.11 - 905.54
Hydrologic Areas: Solana Beach 905.1
Hodges 905.2
San Pasqual 905.3
Santa Maria Valley 905.4
Santa Ysabel 905.5
The San Dieguito River watershed is a drainage
area of approximately 346 square miles in west-central San
Diego County. The watershed includes portions of the cities
of Del Mar, Escondido, Poway, San Diego, and Solana Beach,
and unincorporated San Diego County. In terms of land area,
the majority of the watershed (79.8%) is within the unincorporated
jurisdiction. The San Dieguito River watershed is presently
divided into vacant/ undeveloped (54%), parks/ open space (29
%), and urban (18%) land uses. Nearly half of the vacant land
area is open to future development, most of which is zoned
for residential usage. The current watershed population is
approximately 125,000 however; this level is projected increase
to over 210,000 residents by 2015.
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