Stevens Creek Reservoir

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lake_name = Stevens Creek Reservoir
image_lake = StevensCreekReservoir.jpg
caption_lake = Reservoir looking northeast towards the dam. From the Zinfandel Trail in Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve
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location = Santa Clara County, California
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type = reservoir
inflow = Stevens Creek
outflow = Stevens Creek
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area = 92 acres (370,000 m²)
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volume = convert|3138|acre.ft|abbr=on|lk=on
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Stevens Creek Reservoir is a reservoir located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains near Cupertino, California.

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.cite web
title =Stevens Creek Reservoir
publisher =Santa Clara Valley Water District
date =2002
url =http://www.valleywater.org/Water/Where_Your_Water_Comes_From/Local_Water/Reservoirs/Stevens_Creek.shtm
accessdate=2006-06-12] The Santa Clara Valley Water District owns the dam.cite web
url=http://damsafety.water.ca.gov/docs/Juris%20(N-S)10-07.pdf
title=Dams Within the Jurisdiction of the State of California
accessdate=2008-02-15]

Originally named Arroyo de San José Cupertino, Stevens Creek flows into the reservoir and out of the dam to San Francisco Bay. Stevens Creek and the reservoir are named after Captain Elijah Stephens who led the first wagon train across the Sierra Nevada in 1844 and settled in Cupertino.

The reservoir is located in Stevens Creek County Park, with the Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve adjacent to its east on The Montebello Ridge also known as Black Mountain.

References

ee also

*List of lakes in the San Francisco Bay Area
*List of reservoirs and dams in California