Coyote_Dam_(Santa_Clara_County,_California) Knowpia

37°07′05″N 121°33′00″W / 37.118°N 121.55°W / 37.118; -121.55

Coyote Dam is a 140-foot (43 m) high, 980-foot (300 m) long, earth and rock dam built in 1936 (88 years ago) (1936) in Santa Clara County, California, United States, located north of Gilroy.

It impounds the 635-acre (257 ha) 3.5-mile (5.6 km) long Coyote Lake (also known as Coyote Reservoir).^[1] The Santa Clara Valley Water District owns the dam.^[2]

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^ "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.

[1] "Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch County Park - Parks and Recreation - County of Santa Clara".

[dwr-2] "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved April 14, 2009.

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