Fullerton Creek

Fullerton Creek is nine acres of planned development off Rockridge Street, with 71 addresses on 71 parcels, one to each, reached from Northcreek Lane, Ravenhill Court and Woodbriar Court alongside Rockridge itself. Just under half a mile of the street inside the boundary is private, and the city zones all 8.93 mapped acres PRD Planned Residential Development under a Low-Medium Density Residential general plan designation.

The Fullerton Arboretum lies at 1900 Associated Road, listed by the city as a garden. Acacia Elementary is 0.82 miles out at 661 students, Rolling Hills Elementary 1.03 miles at 554, Ladera Vista Junior High School of the Arts 1.43 miles at 820 and Troy High 0.8 miles at 2,504. The state liquefaction zone covers 3.9 of the nine acres, and mail goes to ZIP 92831.

The community is named for the watercourse beside it. Fullerton Creek comes out of the Puente Hills and runs southwest toward the southeastern edge of Fullerton before joining Coyote Creek in the San Gabriel River system. From the Fullerton Dam down to that junction the channel measures roughly ten and a half miles.

A seven acre greenbelt was built around a short stretch of the creek and opened in 1974. The association here was formed the following year around 70 homes, and the street names, Northcreek, Rockridge, Woodbriar and Ravenhill, keep the water and the ravine in view. The Fullerton Arboretum, 26 acres of former orange grove on the northeast corner of the Cal State Fullerton campus, is the other piece of green within walking distance.