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{{Infobox body of water
| name = Coyote Lake
| image = Aerial view of Coyote Lake.JPG
| caption = Aerial view, May 2014
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| location = [[Santa Clara County, California]]
| coords = {{Coord|37|05|39|N|121|32|13|W|region:US-CA_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
| type = [[Reservoir]]
| inflow = [[Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)|Coyote Creek]]
| outflow = [[Coyote Creek (Santa Clara County)|Coyote Creek]]
| catchment = {{Convert|119.8|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}}
| basin_countries = United States
| agency = [[Santa Clara Valley Water District]]
| length = {{Convert|3.5|mi|km|0|abbr=on}}
| width = {{Convert|0.5|mi|km|1|abbr=on}}
| area = {{Convert|635|acre|km2|1|abbr=on}}
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| volume = {{Convert|23666|acre.ft|m3|abbr=on}}
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| elevation = {{Convert|774|ft|m}}<ref name="gnis"/>
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'''Coyote Lake''' (also known as '''Coyote Reservoir''') is an [[artificial lake]] in [[Santa Clara County, California]], United States, between [[Morgan Hill, California|Morgan Hill]] and [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]].
The reservoir is impounded by [[Coyote Dam (Santa Clara County, California)|Coyote Dam]], a {{Convert|140|ft|m|0|adj=on}} high, {{Convert|980|ft|m|-1|adj=on}} 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]].<ref name = "SCVWD-Reservoirs" />
A 4,595-acre county park ("Coyote-Bear") surrounds the reservoir,<ref name = "SCCPRD-CoyoteLake" /> and provides camping (RVs and tents), fishing<ref name = "SCCPRD-FishingGuidelines" /> ("[[catch-and-release]]"), picnicking, and hiking activities. Swimming is not allowed by order of the Santa Clara Valley Water District.<ref name = "SCVWD-Reservoirs-Swimming" /> Power boating, jetskiing, waterskiing, sailing, canoeing/kayaking and fishing are all allowed in the reservoir.<ref name = "SCCPRD-BoatingGuidelines" /> The boat launch ramp is located two miles north of the visitor center. It has two docks, a three-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]] has issued a safe eating advisory for any fish caught in the Coyote lake due to elevated levels of mercury.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oehha.ca.gov/advisories/coyote-lake|title=Coyote Lake|last=Admin|first=OEHHA|date=2019-08-12|website=oehha.ca.gov|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[Coyote Lake (disambiguation)]] for other lakes of the same name
*[[List of lakes in California]]
*[[List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area]]
*[[List of reservoirs and dams in California]]
==References==
{{Reflist|refs =
<ref name = "SCCPRD-CoyoteLake">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/CoyoteLake.aspx
| title = Santa Clara County Parks: Coyote Lake Harvey Bear Ranch
| publisher  = County of Santa Clara
| access-date = 2017-07-04
}}</ref>
<ref name = "SCCPRD-FishingGuidelines">
{{cite web
| url        = https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/Activities/Boating-Fishing/Pages/Fishing.aspx
| title      = Santa Clara County Parks: Fishing Guidelines
| publisher  = County of Santa Clara
| access-date = 2017-07-02
}}</ref>
<ref name = "SCCPRD-BoatingGuidelines">
{{cite web
| url        = https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/Activities/Boating-Fishing/Pages/Boating.aspx
| title      = Santa Clara County Parks: Boating Guidelines
| publisher  = County of Santa Clara
| quote      = Boating is permitted from 8am to ½ hour before sunset in the following reservoirs: [[Calero Reservoir|Calero]], Coyote Lake, [[Anderson Lake (California)|Anderson]], [[Stevens Creek (California)|Stevens Creek]] and [[Lexington Reservoir|Lexington]].
| access-date = 2017-07-03
}}</ref>
<ref name = "SCVWD-Reservoirs">{{cite web
| url        = http://www.valleywater.org/Services/Reservoirs.aspx
| title        = Santa Clara Valley Water District: List of Reservoirs
| access-date        = 2017-07-03
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20170620002425/http://valleywater.org/Services/Reservoirs.aspx
| archive-date        = 2017-06-20
| url-status        = dead
}}</ref>
<ref name = "SCVWD-Reservoirs-Swimming">{{cite web
| url        = http://www.valleywater.org/Services/Reservoirs.aspx#recreation
| title        = Santa Clara Valley Water District: Recreation Restrictions
| quote        = Swimming at Almaden, Coyote, Anderson and Calero reservoirs is prohibited by the state Department of Health to protect the drinking water supply from potential bacteriological contamination.
| access-date        = 2017-07-04
| archive-url        = https://web.archive.org/web/20170620002425/http://valleywater.org/Services/Reservoirs.aspx#recreation
| archive-date        = 2017-06-20
| url-status        = dead
}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Reservoirs in Santa Clara County, California]]
[[Category:Reservoirs in California]]
[[Category:Reservoirs in Northern California]]
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