Guadalupe Reservoir


Guadalupe Reservoir is a reservoir in Santa Clara County, California, United States, about south of the city of San Jose, California. It is at an elevation of. It has a surface area of and a capacity of. The reservoir is located along Hicks Road on Guadalupe Creek, a tributary of the Guadalupe River. The Guadalupe River was named Rio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe on March 30, 1776 by the de Anza expedition, in honor of the Mexican saint who was the principal patron saint of the expedition. Guadalupe dam and reservoir, constructed in 1935, is one of the six original systems approved for construction by voters in 1934.
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has developed a safe eating advisory for the reservoir, stating no one should eat any fish caught there.