West Fork Chiquito Creek Falls is a 175-foot waterfall on West Fork Chiquito Creek in Madera County, California, in the Sierra Nevada region. It lies about 13.5 miles east of Oakhurst and roughly 42 miles north of Clovis as the crow flies.
At 175 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of California’s 286 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 70th; the typical California waterfall is about 70 feet.
The Sierra Nevada is a long granite range with glacially carved canyons, alpine meadows and forests of ponderosa and Jeffrey pine, incense cedar and giant sequoia. Snowmelt-fed rivers pour over polished granite steps and cliffs, especially in spring and early summer. West Fork Chiquito Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and West Fork Chiquito Creek Falls is the tallest of them.
Madera County holds 71 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. West Fork Chiquito Creek Slides, is about 1 miles away. Upper West Fork Chiquito Creek Falls, 100 feet high, is about 1.9 miles away. Camino Falls, 200 feet high, is about 2.3 miles away.
West Fork Chiquito Creek Falls is located at 37.3876° N, 119.4151° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.