Los Gatos Creek (Santa Clara County)
The Los Gatos Creek runs 24 miles (39 km) in California through Santa Clara Valley Water District's Guadalupe Watershed from the Santa Cruz Mountains northward through the Santa Clara Valley until its confluence with the Guadalupe River in downtown San Jose. The Guadalupe River then continues onward into San Francisco Bay.
Chinook salmon leaping passage barrier on Los Gatos Creek in December 2018
Upper Los Gatos Creek confluence with Lexington Reservoir
Between Lexington Reservoir and downtown Los Gatos, the creek runs in a deep concrete culvert alongside the Los Gatos Creek Trail
Great blue heron reflected in Los Gatos Creek
Santa Clara Valley Water District
The Santa Clara Valley Water District provides stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County, California, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area.
Flood detention basin on Permanente Creek at Rancho San Antonio County Park