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Coyote Creek at Edenvale

Highest listed crest 12.80 ftFlood stage 8.0 ft8 crests since 1917

The Coyote Creek at Edenvale crested above flood stage 8 times among the 8 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1917 to 1998. The highest, 12.80 ft on February 10, 1922, was moderate flooding, 4.80 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
12.80 ft
February 10, 1922; 10,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
8.0 ft
No major stage set
Crests at major
0
8 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
February 8, 1998
10.85 ft, minor flooding
Location
Santa Clara County
Near San Jose (2.0 mi), Campbell (8.6 mi), Los Gatos (9.2 mi)
Identifiers
NWS CYEC1
No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Coyote Creek at Edenvale
Flood stage (minor)8.07Feb 8, 1998Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage12.71Feb 10, 1922Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream

Every listed crest

8 crests from 1917 to 1998. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Coyote Creek at Edenvale, 1917 to 1998 8910111213ft Flood stage 8.0 ft Feb 21, 1917: 12.20 ft, minor flooding; 8,590 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1919: 10.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,940 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 1922: 12.80 ft, moderate flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per secondApr 1, 1982: 9.57 ft, minor flooding; 4,300 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 1983: 10.43 ft, minor flooding; 6,460 cubic feet per secondMar 24, 1995: 9.29 ft, minor flooding; 2,780 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1997: 12.10 ft, minor flooding; 5,860 cubic feet per secondFeb 8, 1998: 10.85 ft, minor flooding; 4,970 cubic feet per second Highest, 12.80 ft, Feb 10, 1922 1920194019601980

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Coyote Creek at Edenvale 1910s: 2 1920s: 1 1930s: 0 1940s: 0 1950s: 0 1960s: 0 1970s: 0 1980s: 2 1990s: 3 3 1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Coyote Creek at Edenvale
1Feb 10, 192212.80+4.80Moderate10,000
2Feb 21, 191712.20+4.20Minor8,590
3Jan 26, 199712.10+4.10Minor5,860
4Feb 8, 199810.85+2.85Minor4,970
5Mar 2, 198310.43+2.43Minor6,460
6Feb 11, 191910.00+2.00Minor5,940
7Apr 1, 19829.57+1.57Minor4,300
8Mar 24, 19959.29+1.29Minor2,780

The worst floods along the Coyote Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Coyote Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

January 26, 1997: 12.10 ft here, minor flooding

  • MadroneCA · Jan 26, 1997 · 10.84 ft · Moderate

Gauges on the Coyote Creek

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Coyote Creek
Hwy 237 at MilpitasCA15.517.77 ft, Feb 1, 20170
Edenvale this gaugeCA8.012.80 ft, Feb 10, 19220
MadroneCA7.012.06 ft, Feb 21, 20171

Other gauges in Santa Clara County

Flood gauges in Santa Clara County
Hwy 237 at Milpitas15.517.77 ft, Feb 1, 20170
Madrone7.012.06 ft, Feb 21, 20171
Almaden Expressway10.511.73 ft, Jan 9, 19950
Stanford University12.013.60 ft, Dec 22, 19551
W Luchessa Ave.12.021.82 ft, Feb 17, 19860

Santa Clara County: every hazard · River floods across the country · California

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CYEC1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.