Alviso is a small community in Santa Clara County, California. It is located approximately 1.5 miles south of Drawbridge, at the north end of San Jose where it meets the southern end of the San Francisco Bay. Location of Santa Clara County within California. ... Drawbridge is an abandoned hunting village located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, in unincorporated San Jose. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Official website: http://www. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining of approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ...

The Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek both end at Alviso, emptying into the Bay through the Alviso Slough. In 1983, Alviso was victim to severe flooding caused by El Niño. The Guadalupe River is a short river in California that runs from the Santa Cruz Mountains flowing north through San Jose, California, and emptying into the San Francisco Bay at Alviso. ... Coyote Creek is a river that flows through the Santa Clara Valley. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chart of ocean surface temperature anomaly [°C] during the last strong El Niño in December 1997 El Niño and La Niña (also written in English as El Nino and La Nina) are major temperature fluctuations in surface waters of the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean. ...

Alviso was first settled in the 1700s. The city was incorporated on March 4, 1852, and ceased to exist when it was annexed by the city of San Jose on March 12, 1968, following a 189 to 180 vote in favor of annexation. The city's final census was in 1960 when it recorded a population of 1,174. [1]. Despite being part of San Jose however, "Alviso" is still used on any mailing addresses within the old town limits. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Annexation is the legal merging of some territory into another body. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

Originally, Alviso was a boating and shipping port, the primary transportation link for the city of San Jose. That usage declined with the growth in railroad transportation between San Francisco and San Jose. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ...

Today, shipping and industry have left Alviso, leaving it mostly as a small residential neighborhood. Digital video recorder company TiVo is based in the community as well as Foundry Networks. Many salt evaporation ponds formerly owned by Cargill in the neighborhood are being converted to wetlands as part of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. TiVo (pronounced, in IPA, ) is a popular brand of digital video recorder (DVR), a term synonymous with personal video recorder (PVR). ... Foundry Networks is a network system vendor selling high-end managed ethernet switches. ... Flash point Non-flammable R/S statement R: none S: none RTECS number VZ4725000 Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held, multinational corporation, and is based in the state of Minnesota in the United States. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a US National Wildlife Refuge located in San Francisco Bay, California. ...

External links

• Alviso community web pages