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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 (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]
See also
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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