Stevens Creek Dam - Santa Clara County, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 17.929 W 122° 04.719
10S E 581657 N 4128420
Dam at the Stevens Creek Resevoir in Stevens Creek County Park.
Waymark Code: WM534Q
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2008
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"Stevens Creek Dam, which impounds the lake, was approved for construction by voters in 1934 and completed in 1935. The dam's height was raised 10 feet (3 m) in 1985, to its present height. The Santa Clara Valley Water District owns the dam." (
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The dame captures rainwater from Swiss, Montebello and Stevens Creeks. The creek, dam and resevoir was named after settler Elisha Stephen (whose name was misspelled.)
The water stored in the resevoir is released into Stevens Creek for groundwater recharge.
Muhc of the water from the area's homes is pumped from underground aquifers replenished by the resevoir. The water district also the water into Stevens Creek to sustain the downstream wildlife.
Constructed: 1935
Capacity: 3465 acres-feet
Surface area: 95 acres
Dam Height: 120 feet