He became a judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court and was elected to the California State Assembly in 1880.

[9] Hicks Creek begins on the north slope of El Sombroso[10] in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north-northwest of Mt.

[14][4] Cherry Springs Creek and Hicks Creek are reversed on a 2005 Guadalupe River Watershed mercury total maximum daily load (TMDL) report[15] and a 2011 geologic map of a mercury mine waste inventory report.

[7] According to numerous reports, Hicks Creek's lower reaches host spawning steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) "in almost every pool and riffle".

[6] The entire Hicks Creek watershed is protected on the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve lands.