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This lake was created in 1972, [1] and completed in 1973, as a holding reservoir for the California State Water Project. The lake was named after a pyramid-shaped rock carved out by engineers building U.S. Route 99. [2] Travelers between Los Angeles and Bakersfield christened the landmark “Pyramid Rock,” which still stands just adjacent to ...
180,000 acre⋅ft (220,000,000 m 3) Catchment area. 293 sq mi (760 km 2) Surface area. 1,297 acres (525 ha) Pyramid Dam is a dam on Piru Creek located in northern Los Angeles County, north of Castaic and south of Gorman. Its reservoir, Pyramid Lake, stores water from the West Branch California Aqueduct for Ventura County and Los Angeles County.
In terms of volume, the largest lake on the list is Lake Tahoe, located on the California–Nevada border. It holds roughly 36 cubic miles (150 km 3) of water. It is also the largest freshwater lake by area, at 191 sq mi (490 km 2 ), and the deepest lake, with a maximum depth of 1,645 feet (501 m). Among freshwater lakes entirely contained ...
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Department of Public Works: 1928: Constant radius arch: 69: 21: 51: 63 Silver Lake Reservoir: Silver Lake Reservoir Dam: off-stream reservoir: Los Angeles: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: 1907: Earth?? 2,400: 3,000 Silverwood Lake: Cedar Springs Dam: Mojave River, West Fork: San Bernardino: California ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. Reservoirs in Imperial County, California (2 P) Reservoirs in Kern County, California (4 P) Reservoirs in Los Angeles County, California (1 C, 23 P) Reservoirs in Orange County, California (3 P) Reservoirs in Riverside County, California (13 P)
A major wildfire in northern Los Angeles County continued burning Monday evening southeast toward Pyramid Lake, scorching more than 15,000 acres to become the state's largest blaze of the year.
The Santa Clara River ( Spanish: Río Santa Clara) is an 83 mi (134 km) long [5] river in Ventura and Los Angeles counties in Southern California. It drains parts of four ranges in the Transverse Ranges System north and northwest of Los Angeles, then flows west onto the Oxnard Plain and into the Santa Barbara Channel of the Pacific Ocean.
Percent of total capacity: 98%. Castaic Lake - Los Angeles County. Percent of historic average: 92%. Percent of total capacity: 79%. Diamond Valley Lake - Riverside County. Percent of historic ...