Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)
| Coyote Creek | |
| Arroyo del Coyote | |
| stream | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | California |
| Regions | Santa Clara County, Alameda County |
| City | San Jose, California |
| Primary source | East Fork Coyote Creek |
| - location | 14 mi (20 km) northeast of Morgan Hill |
| - elevation | 2,630 ft (802 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°19′0″N 121°29′47″W / 37.31667°N 121.49639°W |
| Secondary source | Middle Fork Coyote Creek |
| - elevation | 3,400 ft (1,036 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°16′53″N 121°33′40″W / 37.28139°N 121.56111°W |
| Source confluence | Confluence of Middle and East Forks |
| - location | Henry W. Coe State Park |
| - elevation | 1,171 ft (357 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°10′24″N 121°29′42″W / 37.17333°N 121.49500°W |
| Mouth | San Francisco Bay |
| - location | 8 mi (13 km) west of Milpitas, California |
| - elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°27′26″N 122°2′56″W / 37.45722°N 122.04889°WCoordinates: 37°27′26″N 122°2′56″W / 37.45722°N 122.04889°W |
| Length | 63.6 mi (102 km) confluence to mouth |
Coyote Creek is a river that flows through the Santa Clara Valley in California, United States.
Coyote Creek was originally named Arroyo del Coyote by Padre Pedro Font when the de Anza Expedition reached it on Sunday, March 31, 1776.
Although it is called a "creek", Coyote Creek is actually a river draining 320 square miles (830 km2) and running 63.6 miles (102.4 km) from the confluence of its East Fork and Middle Fork to southeast San Francisco Bay. The river's main source is on Mount Sizer near Henry W. Coe State Park and the surrounding hills in the Diablo Range, northeast of Morgan Hill, California. At the base of the Diablo Range, the creek is impounded by two dams, first Coyote Reservoir and then Anderson Lake. Nine major tributaries lie within the area that drains to these two reservoirs: Canada de los Osos, Hunting Hollow, Dexter Canyon, and Larios Canyon Creeks drain to Coyote Reservoir; Otis Canyon, Packwood, San Felipe, Las Animas, and Shingle Valley Creeks drain to Anderson Lake. Coyote Reservoir Dam was built across the active 1000-ft wide trace of the Calaveras fault by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) between 1934–36, storing 10,000 acre feet (12,000,000 m3) of water.
From Anderson Lake, Coyote Creek continues northwards from Morgan Hill through Coyote Valley, the narrowest point between the Diablo Range and the coastal Santa Cruz Mountains, where it picks up Fisher Creek before entering San Jose. As Coyote Creek forms the eastern boundary of downtown San Jose, it winds its way into North San Jose. There, Miguelita Creek, Penitencia Creek, and Berryessa Creek are all tributaries. Coyote Creek then bypasses the Newby Island landfill and empties into the San Francisco Bay.
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