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

Guadalupe watershed

Los Gatos Creek below Kirk Dam

Reading 1.19 ft and 6.65 cfs. Valley Water publishes no flood threshold for this location.

Los Gatos Creek below Kirk Dam plotted at latitude 37.2620 and longitude -121.9540 over Valley Water's published major-watershed layer.
Los Gatos Creek below Kirk Dam at 37.2620, -121.9540, exactly as positioned in Valley Water's sensor feed. Guadalupe River 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

1.19 ft

Captured July 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM PT

  • Sensor ID 5119
  • 37.2620, -121.9540
  • Not a flood watch sensor
  • Reporting

Flood Thresholds

Valley Water publishes no flood thresholds for this sensor. It is monitored for water supply and stream conditions rather than for flood warning.

Upstream and Downstream

Where this gauge sits on Los Gatos Creek.

  1. Los Gatos Creek above Ryland Dam

    5.33 ft · 2.17 cfs · no published threshold

  2. Los Gatos Creek above Lexington Reservoir

    0.00 ft · 0 cfs · no published threshold

  3. Los Gatos Creek below Lexington Reservoir (Low Flow)

    2.18 ft · 0 cfs · no published threshold

  4. Los Gatos Creek below CA-9

    2.54 ft · 20 cfs · 4.96 ft below threshold 1

  5. Los Gatos Creek at Lark Ave

    1.51 ft · 20.77 cfs · 2.49 ft below threshold 1

  6. Los Gatos Creek at Kirk Dam Pond (Stage Only)

    9.32 ft · 0 cfs · no published threshold

  7. Los Gatos Creek below Kirk Dam

    1.19 ft · 6.65 cfs · no published threshold

  8. Los Gatos Creek at Lincoln Ave

    4.95 ft · 4.02 cfs · 5.05 ft below threshold 1

Sensor Notes

Sensor primarily used for water rights and environmental flows. Rating definition is fair from 3 to 10 cfs, but poor from 10 to 25 cfs, and no measurements greater than 25 cfs.

Valley Water, sensor notes for Los Gatos Creek below Kirk Dam