Salsipuedes Creek, along with its major tributary, El Jaro Creek,[4] is the largest tributary to the lower Santa Ynez River, shortly before the river reaches the Pacific Ocean.

[1] In the Spanish language it means "get out if you can", a name conferred on flashy streams in narrow canyons.

The Salsipuedes Creek/El Jaro Creek watershed drains approximately 47.1 square miles (122 km2) and flows roughly 25.1 miles (40.4 km) from its headwaters along the coastal Santa Ynez Mountains to its confluence with the lower Santa Ynez River.

[6] Southern steelhead trout were listed as endangered in 1997, when the National Marine Fisheries Service listed the anadromous trout below Bradbury Dam on the Santa Ynez River as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

North American beaver (Castor canadensis) improve juvenile rearing habitat for salmonids and are prevalent on Salsipuedes Creek, coincidentally the best trout habitat in the Santa Ynez River watershed.