Guadalupe Creek (Santa Clara County)
| Guadalupe Creek | |
| Los Capitancillos Creek | |
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 View overlooking man-made Cherry Springs Lake, near Cherry Springs, the origin of Guadalupe Creek's Cherry Springs Creek tributary
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| Country | United States |
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| State | California |
| Region | Santa Clara County |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Rincon Creek (Santa Clara County, California), Cherry Springs Creek, Pheasant Creek, Shannon Creek |
| - right | Los Capitancillos Creek |
| City | Blossom Valley, San Jose, California |
| Source | Mount Umunhum |
| - location | Santa Clara County, California |
| - elevation | 3,161 ft (963 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°09′31″N 121°53′59″W / 37.15861°N 121.89972°W |
| Mouth | Guadalupe River |
| - elevation | 197 ft (60 m) |
| - coordinates | 37°14′48″N 121°52′16″W / 37.24667°N 121.87111°WCoordinates: 37°14′48″N 121°52′16″W / 37.24667°N 121.87111°W |
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, California and empties into south San Francisco Bay at Alviso Slough.
The "Valley of the Little Captains" or Rancho Cañada de los Capitancillos is named for the Cañada, or Valley, through which Guadalupe Creek courses.The river was once used for recreation prior to the removal of the Guadalupe Dam.
The Guadalupe Creek subwatershed drains 14.8 square miles (38 km2). Heading downstream east from the peak of Mount Umunhum, Guadalupe Creek is joined on the left by Rincon Creek, and then on the right by Los Capitancillos Creek before reaching Guadalupe Reservoir. Guadalupe Dam, built in 1935, formed the Guadalupe Reservoir. The main purpose of the reservoir is to capture runoff from winter storms to recharge in the Alamitos percolation pond system during the summer.
Below Guadalupe Dam, Guadalupe Creek follows Hicks Road and just below the intersection of Reynolds Road is joined on the left first by perennial Cherry Springs (aka Reynolds) Creek which originates at Cherry Springs. Cherry Springs Creek has a small perennial tributary, Hicks Creek, which originates on the northern side of El Sombroso Peak and flows into Reynolds Creek from the west. The next Guadalupe River tributary is Pheasant Creek which runs below Hicks Road between Pheasant and Wagner Roads to join Guadalupe Creek from the left. At the intersection of Shannon Road and Hicks Road, Guadalupe Creek is joined from the left next by Shannon Creek.
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