Lower Silver Creek is a 4.7-mile-long (7.6 km)[1][2] northwest and westward-flowing stream currently originating just north of Lake Cunningham in Evergreen Valley in southeast San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.

[5] The creek currently drains an area of over 43 square miles (110 km2) with its source in the Edenvalle Hills of southeast San Jose, California.

[7] In 1978, Silver Creek Marsh was excavated into a flood water detention pond or reservoir, now known as Lake Cunningham.

In the 1970s, the East Zone Flood Project connected many of these tributaries to Lower Silver Creek to provide storm drainage for urban development.

In 1962 Lower Silver Creek was reported as an historical migration route and habitat for steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).