Cantua Creek, California

Cantua Creek is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 466, down from the 655 reported at the 2000 census. Cantua Creek is located 11mi south-southwest of Tranquillity, at an elevation of 295 feet .GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.8sqmi, all of it land.ClimateAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cantua Creek has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.HistoryThe community of Cantua Creek is located near Cantua Creek, a tributary of the Fresno Slough that flows down from the Coast Range to the west toward the Fresno Slough. That creek originally, Arroyo de Cantua, was a stopping place on the El Camino Viejo. The hideout of Joaquin Murrieta was located in the vicinity of this creek in the mountains to the west of this community. Cantua Creek is also the home town of the notorious Robert Torres