Chesbro Reservoir is located on Llagas Creek, three miles (5 km) west of Morgan Hill, California

Morgan Hill, California

Morgan Hill is a city located in the southern part of Santa Clara County, California, United States. Founded on November 10, 1906, the city was named after Hiram Morgan Hill, a San Franciscan who built a country retreat home there in 1884...

, United States. The reservoir can store 7,945 acre-feet (9.8 million m³) of water, and its surface area is 283 acres (114.5 ha).

The reservoir was created on the construction of Chesbro Dam in 1955, and they are both named for Elmer J. Chesbro, a local doctor who was president of the Santa Clara Valley Water Conservation District (now the Santa Clara Valley Water District

Santa Clara Valley Water District

The Santa Clara Valley Water District provides stream stewardship, wholesale water supply and flood protection for Santa Clara County, California, in the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The district encompasses all of the county’s and serves the area’s 15 cities, 1.7 million residents and more...

) at the time.

See also

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

External links

• http://www.parkhere.org/sccsearch/ui.jsp?ui_mode=answer&prior_transaction_id=10202&iq_action=5&answer_id=16777216&highlight_info=4214585,284,287&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Esantaclara%2Eca%2Egov%2Fportal%2Fsite%2Fparks%2Fparksarticle%3Fpath%3D%25252Fv7%25252FParks%252520and%252520Recreation%25252C%252520Department%252520of%252520%252528DEP%252529%26contentId%3D85c18a77d9784010VgnVCMP230004adc4a92____%26cpsextcurrchannel%3D1#__highlightDetails at Santa Clara County Parks website] (includes directions and history)
• Pictures at 3dparks website