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. The 7.8-miles-long 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.*
Raising the girders at Anderson Dam, 1951.
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*Reservoir storage values have been updated to reflect recent survey results.