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Coyote Lake (also known as Coyote Reservoir) is an
artificial lake A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
in
Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring Sa ...
, between
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and Gilroy. The reservoir is impounded by Coyote Dam, a high, long, earth and rock dam built in 1936. It holds 23,244 acre feet (28,671,009 m3) of water when full. It is the second largest reservoir owned by the
Santa Clara Valley Water District The Santa Clara Valley Water District (also known as Valley Water) 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 ...
. A 4,595-acre county park ("Coyote-Bear") surrounds the reservoir, and provides camping (RVs and tents), fishing (" catch-and-release"), picnicking, and hiking activities. Swimming is not allowed by order of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Power boating, jetskiing, waterskiing, sailing, canoeing/kayaking and fishing are all allowed in the reservoir. The boat launch ramp is located two miles north of the visitor center. It has two docks, a 3-lane concrete ramp, paved parking and a restroom. For fisherman, the lake contains bluegill, black crappie, channel catfish, carp and black bass. The reservoir is closed to all boating between mid-October and mid-April. The
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, commonly referred to as OEHHA (pronounced oh-EEE-ha), is a specialized department within the cabinet-level California Environmental Protection Agency ( CalEPA) with responsibility for evaluatin ...
has issued a safe eatin
advisory
for any fish caught in the Coyote lake due to elevated levels of mercury.


See also

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Coyote Lake (disambiguation) Coyote Lake may refer to: * Coyote Lake (San Bernardino County, California) * Coyote Lake (Santa Clara County, California) * Coyote Lake (near Dogtooth Peak in Fresno County, California) * Coyote Lake (near Sharktooth Peak in Fresno County, Califor ...
for other lakes of the same name * List of lakes in California *
List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area This list of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area groups lakes, ponds, and reservoirs by county. Numbers in parentheses are Geographic Names Information System feature ids. Alameda County * Almond Reservoir () * Berryman Reservoir () * Bethany ...
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List of reservoirs and dams in California Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California. Dams in service :''Please add to this list from the below sources.'' Former ...


References

Reservoirs in Santa Clara County, California Reservoirs in California Reservoirs in Northern California Bay Area Ridge Trail {{SantaClaraCountyCA-geo-stub