Talk:Potrero (landform)

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The only cite given is to a 1916 ethnographic report. In a bit of casual Googling, I found nothing else.

The only place I know of where the term is in general current use is in central California, where it's a pretty common place name in (eg) SLO and Santa Barbara counties. I'm not quite sure of the meaning, which is why I came here. Examples: Matias Potrero, Potrero John, Mil Potrero, Salisbury Potrero

The uncited example given for the Pajarito Plateau is unfamiliar to me, and I lived nearby for a number of years and read most of the geologic pubs for that area. In a bit of Googling, Potrero does show up in some early 20th C (and earlier) archaeological and Spanish archival refs, but nothing later.

Merriam Webster defines potrero as

• 1: field, pasture
• 2: cattle ranch

--Pete Tillman (talk) 15:27, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Machesna Potrero in SLO County does fit our definition USGS 7.5' topo map. Pete Tillman (talk) 15:38, 12 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]