Visit our Watershed Monitoring Website

For Information on data from stream gages in the upper watershed west of Highway 280 and tide gages in the Bay, visit the our watershed monitoring site at https://contrail.onerain.com/?status=300&c>contrail.onerain.com, and input the following credentials:

• username: viewer
• password: SanFrancisquito

Using rainfall gages in the upper watershed and creek flow gages far upstream of the urbanized floodplain areas, the SFCJPA collects real time rainfall and streamflow data from the upper watershed and uses that to inform local first responders.

For data visualization of real-time rainfall and creek conditions, please visit the City of Palo Alto’s website at: Creek Monitor & Camera – City of Palo Alto, CA

Additional information is available at the following websites:

SAN FRANCISQUITO CREEK - STANFORD UNIVERSITY (SFCC1)

https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/ensembleProduct.php?id=SFCC1&prodID=3

And here at the USGS: San Francisquito C a Stanford University CA - USGS Water Data for the Nation

CNRFC Area Precipitation Forecast

https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/precipForecast.php?cwa=RSA&imgNum=1

Rain gages are functioning, and data can be viewed on Valley Water's website at: https://alert.valleywater.org/?p=map

Current and Predicted Weather and Stream Flows

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) California and Nevada River Monitoring System has a page for the San Francisquito Creek.

This page documents past, and projects future flow conditions based on NOAA’s rainfall gauges and models.

CNRFC - Hydrology - River Guidance - Graphical RVF - SFCC1 (noaa.gov)

Webpage last updated December 19, 2025.