Homestead Road

Named in 3 flood threshold descriptions published by Valley Water.

What Valley Water Says Floods Here

Every quotation below is Valley Water's own text, unedited, with the captured reading and the exact distance to the first threshold that names this place.

San Tomas Creek above Williams Rd

West Valley watershed · captured reading 0.51 ft · first named at threshold 2, 6.2 ft

At the captured reading, this creek is 5.69 feet below the level where Homestead Road is named.

Possible overbanking onto San Tomas Expressway between Homestead Rd and Forbes Ave, where the underground culvert daylights for a short stretch.
Valley Water, threshold 2 description for San Tomas Creek above Williams Rd

Overbanking upstream of Homestead Rd spread along San Tomas Expressway moves northward and spreads into surrounding neighborhoods.
Valley Water, threshold 3 description for San Tomas Creek above Williams Rd

Extensive flooding stemming from the daylighted culvert upstream of Homestead Rd.
Valley Water, threshold 4 description for San Tomas Creek above Williams Rd

Gauge Location

1 stream gauge whose Valley Water threshold descriptions name Homestead Road. — The point marks the gauge location whose published threshold text names Homestead Road; 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 boundaries do not line up exactly with the five watershed groupings used here, and not every named creek has one.

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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