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Coyote Dam (Santa Clara County, California)

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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, USA, located at 37°07′05″N 121°33′00″W / 37.118°N 121.55°W / 37.118; -121.55 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]

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References

  1. ^ http://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/CoyoteLake.aspx
  2. ^ "Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved April 14, 2009.


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