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Flood Control Zone 13

Zone 13 At a Glance

Communities served: Portions of San Leandro

NOTE: Zone 13 was established to take in portions of San Leandro not included in Zones 2, 2A, or 9.

Area in acres – 3,200
for Zones 2A, 9, and 13 combined —

Total miles of natural creek: 3

Total miles of earth channel: less than 1

Total miles of concrete channel: 3

Total miles of underground pipe: 33

Creeks: San Leandro

Zone 13 Hydrology

Zone 13 was established to take in 3,200 acres of San Leandro that had not been included in Zones 2, 2a, or 9. Water in San Leandro Creek flows through Zone 13 and then into Zone 12 where it flows to the San Francisco Bay.

Zone 13 Major Projects

Caring for San Leandro Creek

zone 5Since 2000, the Flood Control District, City of San Leandro, and environmentally active San Leandro citizens have worked together to develop a draft Watershed Management Plan. The purpose of the plan was to develop ways to manage San Leandro Creek by addressing public access, maintenance, and means of repairing creekbank slides and erosion.

Although the plan was not finalized, the District implemented many of its recommendations for repair and maintenance work, such as restoring the embankment of San Leandro Creek behind Glen Drive in 2003. District surveyors developed a topographic survey of the creek bank in 2005. Although unscheduled at this time, the District looks forward to construction of an environmental education center associated with the creek bank stabilization and restoration project in the near future.

Friends of San Leandro Creek

The Friends of San Leandro Creek is a non-profit organization that organizes creek clean-up activities from May to September each year. The group’s mission is to restore and enhance the creek, and promote a healthy environment for native plants and animals. Members include individuals of all ages, businesses, and non-profit organizations.

The organization has raised local awareness about the creek by posting signs that read, “You Are Now in the San Leandro Creek Watershed,” along the creek and throughout the watershed.
The group, which meets regularly, offers educational programs, a speaker’s bureau, and tours of the creek.

bridgeA spot along side San Leandro Creek will be excavated to create an amphitheater with views of the restored creek stretch. The building shown will be renovated into an education center for visitors.

Trees and failed, privately owned retaining walls obstruct this stretch of San Leandro Creek. treesFuture restoration plans include construction to make creek banks less steep, which will minimize future erosion, and replacing invasive vegetation and vines with native plants.

For more information about the history of projects undertaken in Zone 13, please view the District’s Annual Reports.