Sunol Valley

{{Short description|Natural depression in the Diablo Range}} {{coord|37|35|41.22|N|121|53|13.98|W|region:US|display=title}} [[File:Antonio_Suñol.jpg|thumb|right|Sunol Valley and [[Sunol, California]] are named after [[Antonio Suñol]], a prominent [[Californio]] ranchero.]] '''Sunol Valley''' ({{langx|es|Valle de Suñol}}) is located in [[Alameda County, California|Alameda County]], [[California]], United States. The small town of [[Sunol, California|Sunol]] lies in the valley. It is largely rural, but is in proximity to the highly populated [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] suburbs of [[Fremont, California|Fremont]], [[Pleasanton, California|Pleasanton]], and [[Livermore, California|Livermore]].

==Description== [[Interstate 680 (California)|Interstate 680]] runs through the valley. The [[historic]] [[Sunol Water Temple]] is situated in the Sunol Valley. Historically [[Rainbow trout|steelhead]] have run as high as the Sunol Valley via [[Alameda Creek]],<ref>[http://www.sunol.org/ Sunol Valley history profile]</ref> and restoration plans are underway to restore such [[anadromous]] fish runs. These restoration plans by the [[San Francisco Public Utilities Commission]] include the planned modification of a [[Pacific Gas and Electric]] pipeline that has blocked fish migration in Alameda Creek.<ref>[http://www.alamedacreek.org/Fish_Passage/Sunol%20Valley/Sunol%20Valley.htm Alameda Creek Alliance restoration summary]</ref>

==Sunol Valley Quarry== The Sunol Valley Rock Quarry is located within the Sunol Valley; this facility has been used as the source for fill material in a considerable amount of the land development for neighboring communities. In the course of excavating this quarry for such fill, chemical analysis has been conducted to ascertain the safety of such soils. Resultant analyses have shown that the soil has environmentally safe characteristics as defined by low or non-detectable concentrations of 18 [[heavy metals]] and [[asbestos]] fibers.<ref>''Laboratory results of geochemical testing at the Sunol Valley Rock Quarry, Sunol Valley, California'', Earth Metrics Inc. report 10163, August 23, 1989</ref>

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[[Category:Valleys of California]] [[Category:Valleys of Alameda County, California]]