Coyote Dam (Santa Clara County, California)
Coordinates: 37°07′05″N 121°33′00″W / 37.118°N 121.55°W
Aerial view of Coyote Dam
Coyote Dam is a 140-foot (43 m) high, 980-foot (300 m) long, earth and rock dam built in 1936 in Santa Clara County, California, United States, located north of Gilroy.
It impounds the 635 acre 3.5 mile long Coyote Lake (also known as Coyote Reservoir).[1] The Santa Clara Valley Water District owns the dam.[2]
See also[]
- Coyote Lake
- List of dams and reservoirs in California
- List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area
References[]
- ^ "Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County Park - Parks and Recreation - County of Santa Clara".
- ^ "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved April 14, 2009.
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