Watershed Descriptions

San Mateo Bayside – Back to Study Area

Area¹: 436,728 km²

Planning Watersheds¹: 11

Description: The San Mateo Bayside watershed is located in northeastern San Mateo County. The watershed contains several freshwater reservoirs including San Andreas Lake, Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir and Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir. This is the most populated watershed in the study area, containing the communities of South San Francisco, San Bruno, Millbrae, Hillsborough, Burlingame, San Mateo, Foster City, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton, Colma, and portions of Menlo Park and Daly City. The San Francisco International Airport, Golden Gate National Cemetery, and the County Exposition Center are found in the San Mateo Bayside Watershed. San Bruno Mountain State Park, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and other parks are preserves are located within the watershed. To interactively explore features of this watershed, visit the Interactive Mapping section of this Web site.

Streams²:

Watershed Groups: None known 11/03

Watershed Plans:

Ownership³: Local, State, Military, Federal, and Private

Landcover and Landuse⁴:

Source Information:

¹California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Watersheds (CALWATER 2.2) for Hydrologic Sub-Area Name and Planning Watershed Name (see metadata for srp_calw22)
²U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Stream Reach File 3 (see metadata for srp_rf3)
³California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Conservation and Public Lands (Legacy Project) (see metadata spr_govtowna)
⁴California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Multi Source Landcover Data (2002) (see metadata srp_fveg)

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