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Demo snapshot · July 28, 2026 at 4:53 PM PT · not current conditions

Coyote watershed

Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS)

Reading 4.99 ft and 9.53 cfs. That is 9.51 feet below the first flood threshold.

Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS) plotted at latitude 37.4217 and longitude -121.9280 over Valley Water's published major-watershed layer.
Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS) at 37.4217, -121.9280, exactly as positioned in Valley Water's sensor feed. Coyote is the published polygon whose name matches this portal group. The eleven published polygons do not exactly match the portal's five sensor groups and do not provide a boundary for every named creek.
  • Stream gauge

4.99 ft

Captured July 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM PT

  • Sensor ID 5097, USGS 11172175
  • 37.4217, -121.9280
  • Included in Valley Water's flood watch
  • Reporting

What Floods at Each Level

These descriptions are Valley Water's own, quoted exactly as published for this gauge.

Threshold 1 · 14.5 ft (2,370 cfs)

9.51 ft above the current reading

Watch.

Valley Water, threshold 1 description for Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS)

Threshold 2 · 15.5 ft (3,357 cfs)

10.51 ft above the current reading

Watson Park begins to flood.

Valley Water, threshold 2 description for Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS)

Threshold 3 · 18 ft (7,290 cfs)

13.01 ft above the current reading

Watson Park inundated. Banks are overtopped at Charcot Ave with flooding along Paragon Drive. Higher flows may result in overland flows northwest of Watson Park and northeast of Charcot Ave toward Montague Expressway.

Valley Water, threshold 3 description for Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS)

Places This Gauge Covers

Streets and landmarks named in the threshold descriptions above.

Upstream and Downstream

Where this gauge sits on Coyote Creek.

  1. Coyote Creek above Coyote Reservoir (USGS)

    3.29 ft · 0 cfs · no published threshold

  2. Coyote Creek below Coyote Reservoir (USGS)

    4.60 ft · 6.1 cfs · no published threshold

  3. Coyote Creek below Anderson Reservoir

    3.73 ft · 3.87 cfs · no published threshold

  4. Coyote Creek at Madrone (USGS)

    2.03 ft · 12 cfs · 3.97 ft below threshold 1

  5. Coyote Creek above Metcalf Road

    5.91 ft · 0.6 cfs · no published threshold

  6. Coyote Creek below Coyote Perc Pond

    0.00 ft · 0 cfs · no published threshold

  7. Coyote Creek at Hwy 85

    2.77 ft · 0 cfs · no published threshold

  8. Coyote Creek at Edenvale

    1.11 ft · 0 cfs · 6.89 ft below threshold 1

  9. Coyote Creek at William St

    3.61 ft · 1.73 cfs · 21.39 ft below threshold 1

  10. Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS)

    4.99 ft · 9.53 cfs · 9.51 ft below threshold 1

Sensor Notes

Sensor is operated by USGS

Valley Water, sensor notes for Coyote Creek at CA-237 (USGS)