Coyote Dam (Santa Clara County, CA) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Coyote Dam, is a 140 feet (43 m) high, 980 feet (298.7 m) long, earth and rock dam built in 1936 in Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara County is a county located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 it had a population of 1,781,642. The county seat is San Jose. The highly urbanized Santa Clara Valley within Santa Clara County is also known as Silicon Valley...

, USA, located at 37.118°N 121.55°W north of Gilroy

Gilroy, California

Gilroy is the southernmost city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 48,821 at the 2010 census. Gilroy is well-known for its garlic crop and for the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, featuring various garlicky foods, including garlic ice cream. Gilroy also produces...

. It impounds Coyote Lake

Coyote Lake (Santa Clara County, California)

Coyote Lake is an artificial lake in Santa Clara County, California, USA, located at north of Gilroy.The lake is impounded by Coyote Dam, a high, long, earth and rock dam built in 1936...

(also known as Coyote Reservoir). The Santa Clara Valley Water District

Santa Clara Valley Water District

The Santa Clara Valley Water District provides stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County, California, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The district encompasses all of the county’s and serves the area’s 15 cities, 1.7 million residents and more...

owns the dam.

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