San Felipe Creek (Santa Clara County)

San Felipe Creek
San Felipe River
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionSanta Clara County
Physical characteristics
SourceMaster's Hill in the western Diablo Range
 • locationWestern edge of Joseph D. Grant County Park
 • coordinates37°20′19″N 121°44′07″W / 37.33861°N 121.73528°W / 37.33861; -121.73528[1][2]
 • elevation2,200 ft (670 m)
MouthConfluence with Las Animas Creek, just upstream of Anderson Lake
 • location
8 mi (13 km) west of Milpitas, California
 • coordinates
37°12′48″N 121°39′24″W / 37.21333°N 121.65667°W / 37.21333; -121.65667[2]
 • elevation
650 ft (200 m)[2]
Length14 mi (23 km)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftBoyds Creek, Cow Creek (San Felipe Creek), Carlin Canyon Creek

San Felipe Creek is a 14 miles (23 km) stream that originates in the western Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California.[1] It flows south by southeast through two historic ranchos, Rancho Los Huecos and Rancho Cañada de San Felipe y Las Animas before it joins Las Animas Creek just above Anderson Reservoir. One of the nine major tributaries of Coyote Creek,[3] the creek's waters pass through the Santa Clara Valley and San Jose on the way to San Francisco Bay.

  1. ^ a b c "The National Map, National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Felipe Creek
  3. ^ "Coyote Creek Watershed". Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (SCVURPPP). Retrieved 2013-04-10.