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Streets and landmarks

Almaden Expressway

Named in 3 flood threshold descriptions published by Valley Water.

The Gauge Relationship

Every quotation below is Valley Water's own text, unedited. The captured reading and exact distance to the first threshold that names this place come before the map, so the resident answer is not hidden behind geography.

Ross Creek at Cherry Ave

Guadalupe watershed · captured reading 2.53 ft · first named at threshold 1, 7.5 ft

At the captured reading, this creek is 4.97 feet below the level where Almaden Expressway is named.

Creek can be heavily influenced by Guadalupe River flow is above 4,000 cfs (9' - 9.5' Stage at Almaden Expwy), causing backwater condition.

Valley Water, threshold 1 description for Ross Creek at Cherry Ave

Water begins to overbank Ross Creek to the north between Jarvis Ave and Almaden Expwy, sheet flowing north along streets.

Valley Water, threshold 3 description for Ross Creek at Cherry Ave

Canoas Creek at Almaden Expwy (Stage Only)

Guadalupe watershed · captured reading 1.28 ft · first named at threshold 3, 15 ft

At the captured reading, this creek is 13.72 feet below the level where Almaden Expressway is named.

Water flows north along streets toward Curtner and Almaden Expressway.

Valley Water, threshold 3 description for Canoas Creek at Almaden Expwy (Stage Only)

Gauge Location

2 stream gauges whose Valley Water threshold descriptions name Almaden Expressway.
The point marks the gauge locations whose published threshold text names Almaden Expressway; it does not claim a coordinate for the street or landmark. All eleven polygons in Valley Water's published major-watershed layer are shown. 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

A place named here is not a flood prediction. It is what Valley Water records as at risk when a creek reaches that level. For an emergency, call 911.

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