Coyote Creek Flood Control Project

Status Completed County Santa Clara
Project Type Compensatory mitigation Location 37.45228° N, -121.93223° W Map
Project Area (Acres) 66.57 Last Updated 23 August 2024
Project Abstract Not provided
Project Groups SCVWD: Capital Improvement Program | SCVWD: Flood Risk Reduction
Administrative Region San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board - Xavier Fernandez, SFBRWQCB

Project Identification

IDType
5-84 BCDC - Permit Number
159620 USACE - DA File Number

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
Reach 1A Marsh Management Area, Bird Pond None Unknown/Unspecified Unspecified Riverine Wetland Riparian area 18.09 Construction completed
Reach 1A Marsh Management Area, Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Mitigation A None Unknown/Unspecified Unspecified Riverine Wetland Riparian area 48.48 Construction completed

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
Coyote Creek Flood Control Project-impact Not Recorded

Sites

NameStatusAcres
Reach 1A Marsh Management Area, Bird Pond Construction completed 18.09
Reach 1A Marsh Management Area, Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse Mitigation A Construction completed 48.48

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2006-06-01 Project entered Project entered into database
2001-01-01 Report Monitoring Report issued
2000-01-01 Report Monitoring Report issued
1999-01-01 Report Monitoring Report issued
1998-01-01 Report Monitoring Report issued
1989-01-01 Groundwork end On-the-ground work completed
1987-01-01 Report Restoration Plan issued
1985-07-18 Permit USACE permit issued
1985-05-30 Project start date Estimated date
1985-05-30 Permit BCDC record number issued

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Contact Belinda Allen Santa Clara Valley Water District Not applicable/Unknown
Contact Gale Rankin Santa Clara Valley Water District Not applicable/Unknown
Contact Doug Padley Santa Clara Valley Water District Not applicable/Unknown

Funding

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
None Unknown/Unspecified City of San Jose

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
2015-10-07 6.1 Bird Pond perennial/seasonal depressional 70

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How to Use the Habitat Development Curve

Habitat Development Curves (HDCs) are used to determine the developmental status and trajectory of on-the-ground projects to create, restore, or enhance California wetland and stream habitats. Each HDC is based on assessments of habitat condition for different age areas of one habitat type that in aggregate represent the full spectrum of habitat development. The assessments of condition are provided by expert applications of the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). Visit the CRAM website for more information about CRAM.

For each HDC, reference condition is represented by areas of a habitat that consistently get very high CRAM scores, have not been subject to disruptive management practices, and exist within landscapes that are protected and managed for their natural conditions. The horizontal lines intersecting the top of an HDC represent the mean CRAM score and standard deviation of scores for 25 qualifying reference areas.

The age of a project is estimated as the elapsed time in years between the groundwork end date for the project and the date of the CRAM assessment. To add or update a groundwork end date, use the Project Events form in Project Tracker (ptrack.ecoatlas.org). The minimum age in years of a non-project area, including any natural reference area, is estimated from all available local information, including historical maps and imagery, historical written accounts, and place-specific scientific studies of habitat development.

An HDC can be used to address the following questions:

  1. At what time in the future will the area of assessed habitat achieve the reference condition or other milestones in habitat development? The HDC can answer this question if the CRAM score for the assessed area is within the confidence interval of the HDC. The answer is the time in years along the HDC between the current age of the assessed area and the future date corresponding to the intersection of the HDC and the reference condition or other milestone.
  2. Is the area of assessed habitat likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace as most other areas of the same habitat type? The habitat area is likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace if the CRAM score for the area is above, below, or within the confidence interval of the HDC, respectively.
  3. What can be done to improve the condition of the habitat area or to increase its rate of development? HDCs by themselves cannot answer this question. Possible answers can be inferred by the following analysis that involves HDCs:
    1. Examine the HDC for each of the four CRAM Attributes;
    2. Identify the Attribute(s) scoring below the HDC;
    3. For any low-scoring Attribute, examine the component Metric Scores (note: the Metric Scores for any public CRAM assessment in the CRAM database can be obtained through EcoAtlas);
    4. Assume the low score of an Attribute is due to its low-scoring Metric(s);
    5. Consider modifying the design or management of the habitat area in ways that will sustainably increase its score(s) for the low-scoring Metric(s).

For more information about CRAM Attributes and Metrics, including their scientific rationale, see the CRAM Manual.

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