Guadalupe Creek (Santa Clara County)

Guadalupe Creek
Los Capitancillos Creek[1]
View overlooking man-made Cherry Springs Pond, the source of Cherry Springs Creek, tributary to Hicks Creek and thence to Guadalupe Creek
Guadalupe Creek (Santa Clara County) is located in California
Guadalupe Creek (Santa Clara County)
Location of the mouth of Guadalupe Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSanta Clara County
CityBlossom Valley, San Jose, California
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Umunhum
 • locationSanta Clara County, California
 • coordinates37°09′31″N 121°53′59″W / 37.15861°N 121.89972°W / 37.15861; -121.89972[1]
 • elevation3,161 ft (963 m)[2]
MouthGuadalupe River
 • coordinates
37°14′48″N 121°52′16″W / 37.24667°N 121.87111°W / 37.24667; -121.87111[1]
 • elevation
197 ft (60 m)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftRincon Creek (Santa Clara County, California), Hicks Creek, Pheasant Creek, Shannon Creek
 • rightLos Capitancillos Creek

Guadalupe Creek is a 10.5 miles (16.9 km) northward-flowing stream originating just east of the peak of Mount Umunhum in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It courses along the northwestern border of Almaden Quicksilver County Park in the Cañada de los Capitancillos before joining Los Alamitos Creek after the latter exits Lake Almaden. This confluence forms the Guadalupe River mainstem, which in turn flows through San Jose and empties into south San Francisco Bay at Alviso Slough.

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guadalupe Creek
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 11, 2013