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Lexington Reservoir is an artificial lake on the Los Gatos Creek near Los Gatos, California. The James J. Lenihan Dam , a 195 ft (59 m) high, 1,000 ft (300 m) thick earthen dam , forms the third-largest reservoir in Santa Clara County .
James J. Lenihan Dam is an earthen structure across the Los Gatos Creek creating the Lexington Reservoir in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Santa Clara County, California south of Los Gatos. The name was changed from Lexington Dam in 1996 for the retirement of James J. Lenihan, the Santa Clara Valley Water District's longest-serving director.
Baldwin Hills Reservoir (1947–1963) - failed December 14, 1963 St. Francis Dam (1926–1928) - failed March 12, 1928 San Clemente Dam - intentionally removed in 2015-2016 because of environmental issues
When the Lexington Reservoir was created in 1952, both Lexington and Alma were officially abandoned and SR 17 was rerouted to its present location. The visible ruins under Lexington Reservoir are actually those of Alma, not Lexington; building foundations and original pavements of roads are sometimes visible during droughts. The nearby ...
California golden beaver family on upper Los Gatos Creek Chinook salmon spawning on Los Gatos Creek in 1996 by U. S. Highway 17. Beaver dams on upper Los Gatos Creek. Note dead conifer(s) reflected in pool and in background are critical for cavity-nesting birds like wood ducks, American kestrels, mergansers, Pacific-slope flycatchers, tree swallows, owls, etc. Beaver and dam on lower Los Gatos ...
A body was recovered Sunday at Jacobson Park’s reservoir, the site of a search and rescue operation after a kayaker was reported missing, according to officials with the Lexington Fire Department.
Location of Alma, about 5 miles south of Los Gatos, on the 1920s highway map of Santa Clara county House from Alma being moved to Menlo Park, CA, July 1962. Alma is a ghost town and drowned town in Santa Clara County in California, United States. It lies beneath the waters of the Lexington Reservoir above Los Gatos. The location is latitude 37 ...
With reports of a dirt-like or metallic taste circulating among Lexington water customers, we asked the main water provider what might be going on. Here’s what they said.