Thompson Creek (Santa Clara County, California)
| Thompson Creek Dry Creek | |
|---|---|
Paralleling Coyote Creek to the east is its tributary (via Lower Silver Creek) Thompson Creek, along San Felipe Road with Reid–Hillview Airport, Eastridge Mall, and Lake Cunningham at top, Yerba Buena Road at bottom. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Santa Cruz Counties |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Edenvale Hills of |
| • location | Evergreen Valley in southeast San Jose, California |
| • coordinates | 37°15′29″N 121°42′18″W / 37.25806°N 121.70500°W |
| • elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m) |
| Mouth | Lower Silver Creek |
• location | Just north of Lake Cunningham in southeast San Jose, California |
• coordinates | 37°20′24″N 121°48′35″W / 37.34000°N 121.80972°W |
• elevation | 123 ft (37 m) |
| Length | 10.8 mi (17.4 km) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Remnant of Upper Silver Creek |
| • right | Yerba Buena Creek, Evergreen Creek, Fowler Creek, Quimby Creek, Norwood Creek |
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Thompson Creek is a 10.8-mile-long (17.4 km) northwestward-flowing stream currently originating on the southern slopes of Mount Misery in the western foothills of the Diablo Range. It flows along San Felipe Road then through Evergreen Valley in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California where it was extended in 1970 to Lower Silver Creek. The creek was one of several that fed into the marshy area known as Laguna Socayre, where the Lake Cunningham flood retention basin is now.