Calabazas Creek (Santa Clara County)

This article is about Calabazas Creek in Santa Clara County. For Calabazas Creek in Sonoma County, see Calabazas Creek (Sonoma County).
Calabazas Creek
Creek bank restored by SCVWD with timber cribs and native plants next to Calabazas Park north of Rainbow Drive, San Jose, California.
Calabazas Creek (Santa Clara County) is located in California
Calabazas Creek (Santa Clara County)
Location of the mouth of Calabazas Creek in California
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSanta Clara County
CitiesSaratoga, San Jose, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
Physical characteristics
SourceTable Mountain in the Santa Cruz Mountains[2]
 • locationSaratoga, California
 • coordinates37°16′29″N 122°04′07″W / 37.27472°N 122.06861°W / 37.27472; -122.06861[1]
 • elevation794 ft (242 m)
MouthSouthwest San Francisco Bay
 • location
Sunnyvale, California
 • coordinates
37°25′02″N 121°59′15″W / 37.41722°N 121.98750°W / 37.41722; -121.98750[1]
 • elevation
10 ft (3.0 m)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftProspect Creek, Regnart Creek
 • rightRodeo Creek

Calabazas Creek is a 13.3-mile-long (21.4 km)[2] northeast by northward-flowing stream originating on Table Mountain in Saratoga, California in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It courses through the cities of Saratoga, San Jose, Cupertino, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale, culminating in the Guadalupe Slough in south San Francisco Bay.

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calabazas Creek
  2. ^ a b "National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved August 31, 2011.