Anderson dam and reservoir

Anderson dam and reservoir was named for Leroy Anderson, the key founder and first president of the Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District. It was built in 1950, on a 500-acre dairy and cattle ranch along Coyote Creek purchased from the estate of John Cochran and his wife, Aphelia Farmington. Anderson Reservoir is the largest man-made lake in Santa Clara County. The reservoir can store 90,373 acre-feet of water. Its surface area is 1,271 acres. *

*Reservoir storage values have been updated to reflect recent survey results.