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Coyote watershed

Upper Penitencia Creek at Dorel Dr

Reading 6.93 ft and 0.02 cfs. Valley Water publishes no flood threshold for this location.

Upper Penitencia Creek at Dorel Dr plotted at latitude 37.3952 and longitude -121.8280 over Valley Water's published major-watershed layer.
Upper Penitencia Creek at Dorel Dr at 37.3952, -121.8280, exactly as positioned in Valley Water's sensor feed. Valley Water publishes Coyote as a major watershed here. The eleven published boundaries do not line up exactly with the five watershed groupings used here, and not every named creek has one.
  • Stream gauge

6.93 ft

Captured July 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM PT

  • Sensor ID 5083_1
  • 37.3952, -121.8280
  • 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 Upper Penitencia Creek.

  1. Upper Penitencia Creek below Educational Park Drive

    3.43 ft · 0 cfs · no published threshold
  2. Upper Penitencia Creek at Piedmont Rd

    4.24 ft · 0 cfs · 1.76 ft below threshold 1
  3. Upper Penitencia Creek at Dorel Dr

    6.93 ft · 0.02 cfs · no published threshold

Sensor Notes

Sensor experiences significant debris during high flows. Replaced sensor 5001 as Upper Penitencia creek flood monitoring gage after January 2023 storms as backup. As of 2024, sensor 5001 is online and should be used as the primary.

Valley Water, sensor notes for Upper Penitencia Creek at Dorel Dr