Miguelita Creek, originating in East Foothills, California, above the San Jose Country Club, is a tributary of

Lower Silver Creek Lower Silver Creek is a northwest and westward-flowing stream currently originating just north of Lake Cunningham in Evergreen Valley in southeast San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. It is tributary to Coyote Creek, whose waters flow ...

, which is a tributary of Coyote Creek, a river in

Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together ...

Course

The creek flows along the south side of Miguelita Road, through a canyon under Alum Rock Road, and into the San Jose Country Club, where several small golf-cart bridges cross it. Then it runs into the city limits of San Jose, between Holmes Drive and Fairway Drive, to a culvert at Fairway Drive and McKee Road, where it runs underground. The GNIS has two entries for Miguelita Creek. For feature ID 228642, the mouth coordinates are where the creek goes underground at Fairway Drive, and source is near Miguelita Drive. Feature ID 228641, the lower creek, has mouth coordinates where Lower Silver Creek enters Coyote Creek, and source near Lanning Way, where the creek re-emerges from underground. The lower creek segment merges with

near King Road and Schulte Drive. According to historical maps, the upper creek originally ran north to

Penitencia Creek Upper Penitencia Creek is actually one of two creeks by the name Penitencia Creek in the northeastern Santa Clara Valley of Santa Clara County, California. They are both tributaries of Coyote Creek. The upper creek was diverted southwestward, c ...

, before the lower channel was built to divert it straight to Coyote Creek.

References

Rivers of Northern California Rivers of Santa Clara County, California {{SantaClaraCountyCA-geo-stub